On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:46:57AM +0100, S Ellison wrote: > > > >>> Gabor Csardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 14/09/2007 09:27:03 >>> > >x[ is.na(x) ] <- 0 > > > >should work in most cases i think. > > ... only you probably shouldn't be doing that at all. Words like 'bias' > spring to mind... > > Woudn't it be better to accept the NA's and find methods that handle them as > genuinely missing. R is usually quite good at that.
Although in some cases the proper handling of NA values is to treat them az zeros.... I like this list because if you ask a question, they don't only solve it immediately (in five different ways), but they persuade you that what you're trying to do is actually incorrect/stupid/uninteresting or your problem just makes no sense at all. :) Gabor > On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:08:19AM +0200, Alfredo Alessandrini wrote: > > Hi, > > > > how can I replace NA value with 0: > > > ******************************************************************* > This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use, co...{{dropped}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. -- Csardi Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MTA RMKI, ELTE TTK ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.