Look at the 'na.locf' function in the 'zoo' package.

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Nick Manginelli <theman...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm using the survey api. I am taking 1000 samples of size of 100 and 
> replacing 20 of those values with missing values. Im trying to use sequential 
> hot deck imputation, and thus I am trying to figure out how to replace 
> missing values with the value before it. Other things I have to keep in mind 
> is if there are two missing values side by side, how do I replace both those 
> values with the value before. Also if the first of the sample of 100 is a 
> missing value  I will replace that with the mean of the population. Im pretty 
> sure I have to write a loop, but if anyone can help me figuring how to write 
> this I would appreciate it greatly. Thank you
>
> Nick Manginelli
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