You certainly can't assign a character string into a numeric column. There is no reason to expect that to work.
Can you provide some clarity on what the problem is in terms of a very small self contained example explaining what you get and what you expected to get. Regards. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Nilza BARROS <nilzabar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ruser, > > Thank for your help. > I've just tried the command below and it works > Alldados[is.na(Alldados)]<-"NULL" > > But I am facing other problem, since I need to format my data before feeding > my database. > I am using the command below: > > with(Alldados,sprintf("INSERT INTO OBS > (date,T_2M,TMAX_2M,TMIN_2M,TD_2M,PS,FF_10M,DD_10M,TOT_PRCP,CLCL,Station_NO) > VALUES (%s, %5.2f, %5.2f, %5.2f,%5.2f,%5.2f,%5.2f,%5.2f,%5.2f,%5.2f,%s)", > > date2,T_2M,TMAX_2M,TMIN_2M,TD_2M,PS,FF_10M,DD_10M,TOT_PRCP,CLCL,Station_NO)) > > But it is not working anymore. Because now the same field can be numeric or > character. > How can I use the format command above the allow it. > > I really appreciate any help. > Nilza > > > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:55 PM, David Winsemius > <dwinsem...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> On May 9, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Nilza BARROS wrote: >> >> Dear R users, >>> >>> I am reading data from a file where there are some missing that are >>> represented by -9999.00. >>> I am using the command below. >>> =====My original data =========== >>> >>> PARM = TMPC;T12X;T12N;DWPC;PALT;SKNT;DRCT;P24M;CLCL >>> >> >> snipped >> >> >> But I need to feed my database. These missings should be represented by >>> NULL. >>> I mean, all "NA" should be replaced by "NULL" in my database. >>> >> >> Do you mean a string that is spelled "NULL" >> >> If so, try: >> >> dfrm[is.na(dfrm)] <- "NULL" >> >> >> I am trying the command below to pick up the rows and columns with NA but I >>> don't know how to fill the original data : >>> >>> which(is.na(Alldados),arr.ind=TRUE) >>> >>> But I don't know how to replace each NA with NULL. I tried using as.null >>> but >>> NA is not replace at all. >>> >> >> If you set a column of a data.frame to NULL , it will erase it. >> >> >> >>> I hope someone could help me. >>> >>> Best Wishes, >>> Nilza Barros >>> >>> >> David Winsemius, MD >> West Hartford, CT >> >> > > > -- > Abraço, > Nilza Barros > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.