On Wednesday 26 March 2008 12:04:11 pm Robin Hankin wrote:
> Hi
>
> How do I specify an S4 class with a slot that is potentially numeric,
> but NA
> by default? I want the slot to be NA until I calculate its value
> (an expensive operation, not needed for all applications). When
> its value is
> known, I will create a new object with the correct value inserted in
> the slot.
>
> I want "NA" to signify "not known".
>
> My attempt fails because NA is not numeric:
>
Try as.numeric(NA) - by default, plain NA is of type "logical"
best
Vladimir Dergachev
>
>
>
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