Hi,
If 'commNo` is factor.
set.seed(5)
data1<-data.frame(commNo=sample(786:789,10,replace=TRUE),Col2=rnorm(10,10))
set.seed(5)
data2<-data.frame(commNo=sample(c(786:789,NA),10,replace=TRUE),Col2=rnorm(10,10))
data4<-within(data1,{commNo<-factor(commNo)})
data4[data4$commNo==786, "commNo"]<-"Name of the Community"
#Warning message:
#In `[<-.factor`(`*tmp*`, iseq, value = c("Name of the Community", :
#invalid factor level, NAs generated
#you get a warning message and 786 get replaced by NA.
In the case of :
data2[data2$commNo==786, "commNo"]<-"Name of the Community"
#Error in `[<-.data.frame`(`*tmp*`, data2$commNo == 786, "commNo", value =
"Name of the Community") :
# missing values are not allowed in subscripted assignments of data frames
#The error message is similar to the ones that you got.
A.K.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Studer <stude...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:35 AM
Subject: [R] missing values are not allowed in subscripted assignments of data
frames
Hello everybody!
I am trying to replace community numbers with community names (character).
I am using the following code:
data[data$commNo==786, "commNo"]<-"Name of the Community"
Unfortunately, I get the error message
missing values are not allowed in subscripted assignments of data frames
However, when I check data$commNo with table(useNA="always") or with
table(is.na(data$commNo)) it tells me that there are no NA's at all... ?
Can anyone help please?
Thank you very much!
David
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