[R] looking for the na.omit equivalent for a matrix of characters

[Bill.Venables at csiro.au]

Surely all you need to do is change them to missing and use na.omit.
e.g.

x <- matrix(letters, 13, 2)
x[4] <- "NA"  # put one in the middle


is.na(x[x == "NA"]) <- TRUE
(x <- na.omit(x))


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From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Andrew Yee
Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2007 12:50 PM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] looking for the na.omit equivalent for a matrix of
characters

I have a matrix of characters (actually numbers that have been read in
as
numbers), and I'd like to remove the NA.

I'm familiar with na.omit, but is there an equivalent of na.omit when
the NA
are the actual characters "NA"?

Thanks,
Andrew

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