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MESS (version 0.5.12)

filldown: Fill down NA with the last observed observation

Description

Fill down missing values with the latest non-missing value

Usage

filldown(x)

Value

A vector or list with the NA's replaced by the last observed value.

Arguments

x

A vector

Author

Claus Ekstrom <claus@rprimer.dk>

Examples

Run this code

a <- c(1:5, "Howdy", NA, NA, 2:3, NA)
filldown(a)
filldown(c(NA, NA, NA, 3:5))

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