[R] matrix manipulation question

[peter dalgaard]

> On 30 Mar 2015, at 09:59 , Stéphane Adamowicz <stephane.adamowicz at avignon.inra.fr> wrote:
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> However, in order to help me understand, would you be so kind as to give me a matrix or data.frame example where « complete.cases(X)== T » or « complete.cases(X)== TRUE » would give some unwanted result ?

The standard problem with T for TRUE is if T has been used for some other purpose, like a time variable. E.g., T <- 0 ; complete.cases(X)==T.

complete.cases()==TRUE is just silly, like (x==0)==TRUE or ((x==0)==TRUE)==TRUE). 

(However, notice that x==TRUE is different from as.logical(x) if x is numeric, so ifelse(x,y,z) may differ from ifelse(x==TRUE,y,z).) 

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