At each position of the input vectors, iterates through in order and returns the first non-NA value. This is a robust replacement of the common ifelse(!is.na(x), x, ifelse(!is.na(y), y, z))
. It's more readable and handles problems like ifelse
's inability to work with dates in this way.
use_first_valid_of(..., if_all_NA = NA)
Returns a single vector with the selected values.
the input vectors. Order matters: these are searched and prioritized in the order they are supplied.
what value should be used when all of the vectors return NA
for a certain index? Default is NA.
Deprecated, do not use in new code. Use dplyr::coalesce()
instead.
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