Dear All,
Currently, list= in base::replace(x, list, value) has to be an index
vector. For me, at least, the most common use case is for list= to be
some simple property of elements of x, e.g.,
x <- c(1,2,NA,3)
replace(x, is.na(x), 0)
Particularly when using R pipes, which don't allow multiple
substitutions, it would simplify many of such cases if list= could be a
function that returns an index, e.g.,
replace <- function (x, list, values, ...) {
# Here, list() refers to the argument, not the built-in.
if(is.function(list)) list <- list(x, ...)
x[list] <- values
x
}
Then, the following is possible:
c(1,2,NA,3) |> replace(is.na, 0)
Any thoughts?
Pavel
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