[R] Fill in NA values in vector with previous character/factor

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

try function na.locf() from package 'zoo', i.e.,

library(zoo)
x <- c("A","B",NA,NA,"C",NA,NA,NA,NA,"D",NA,NA)
na.locf(x)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


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Quoting Owen Jones <owen.jones at imperial.ac.uk>:

> I have a vector of data (species names) interspersed with NA values and
> I want a function to "fill in the blanks", replacing NA values with
> whatever the last species name was.
>
> For example the vector:
>
>  "A","B",NA,NA,"C",NA,NA,NA,NA,"D",NA,NA.
>
> should evaluate to:
>
> "A" "B" "B" "B" "C" "C" "C" "C" "C" "D" "D" "D"
>
>
> I tried to use rle() in a function to do this but have hit a brick wall.
>
> How would YOU do this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Owen
>
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