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Re: Alternative missing values in readcsv?
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forkandwait |
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Re: Alternative missing values in readcsv? |
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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:15:56 +0000 (UTC) |
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> How about
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> A(find(isnan(A))) = 0
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> after you've read into A from your CSV file?
Often nan signifies something completely different from zero, and you would
lose this information. For example, a column might be how much you earned,
with nan signifying not in the labor force, but zero signifying you earned,
well, zero. Which is different.
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