> -----Original Message-----
> if(num!=NA)
> it yields an error message.
> Why doesn't the first statement work?
Because you just compared something with NA (usually interpreted as 'missing')
and because of that the comparison result is also NA.
'if' then tells you that you have a missing value where you need either TRUE or
FALSE.
Play with
num!=NA #returns NA
and
if(NA) "Not there" #returns error
is.na() returns TRUE for NA's, so 'if' knows what to do with the answer.
S Ellison
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