I don't find _either_ of these acceptable. On the other hand,
x[ is.na( x ) ] <- 1 should have no effect on x. On December 16, 2022 10:28:52 AM PST, "Göran Broström" <goran.brost...@umu.se> wrote: >I'm confused: > >> x <- 1:2 >> is.na(x) <- 1 >> x >[1] NA 2 > >OK, but > >> x <- c("A", "B") >> is.na(x) <- "A" >> x > A >"A" "B" NA > >What happens? > >G_ran > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.