> Also, as an extra, it would be very useful if, for instance,
> t[u==NA] --> 2 4 6 8
> (I realise that working round this is less cumbersome, but even so).
What's wrong with writing t[is.na(u)]?
Or you could define
eq <- function(x,y) {
(is.na(x) & is.na(y)) | (!is.na(x) & !is.na(y) & x == y)
}
and use
t[eq(u,NA)]