[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is this intentional? > > R: > > x <- 1:7 > > x[c(1, NA, 3)] <- -(4:6) > > x > [1] -4 2 -6 4 5 6 7 > > so NAs are treated as FALSE > > S+6.1: > > x <- 1:7 > > x[c(1, NA, 3)] <- -(4:6) > Warning messages: > Replacement length not a multiple of number of elements to > replace in: x[c(1, NA, 3)] <- - (4:6) > > x > [1] -4 2 -5 4 5 6 7 > > and NAs are ignored.
Hmm. Neither of the options look too safe to me... A 3rd bit of logic would say that you should get a vector of 7 NAs since you're asking to put the -5 into an unknown location... -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel