Re: Treating -999 values in ASCII as missing

[Paulo Santiago]

Dear Hermoso,

It worked.

Thank you

2012/8/7 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>

On 7 August 2012 12:33, Paulo Santiago <address@hidden> wrote:
> I would like to know how do I say to Octave, at read time, that those -999
> values must be treated as missing values.

You can use NA to indicate missing values:

   the_matrix(the_matrix == -999) = NA.

HTH,
- Jordi G. H.

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Paulo Santiago

Doutorado em Meteorologia

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Meteorologia

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

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