I don't know of one.
Ideally, instead of a specifc function anyNA() function, any() could be
perhaps be extended to any(x, FUN) where FUN returns a logical for an
element of x, and implemented to find the 1st instance as you suggest.
Mike
On 8/13/07, Henrik Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> is there a hasNA() / an anyNA() function in R? Of course,
>
> hasNA <- function(x) {
> any(is.na(x));
> }
>
> would do, but that would scan all elements in 'x' and then do the
> test. I'm looking for a more efficient implementation that returns
> TRUE at the first NA, e.g.
>
> hasNA <- function(x) {
> for (kk in seq(along=x)) {
> if (is.na(x[kk]))
> return(TRUE);
> }
> FALSE;
> }
>
> Cheers
>
> Henrik
>
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