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PTXQC (version 1.0.14)

NULL_to_charNA: converts a NULL to NA_character_; or returns the argument unchanged otherwise

Description

This is useful for missing list elements (which returns NULL), but when the missing element in refClass should be NA_character_ (and NULL would return an error)

Usage

NULL_to_charNA(char_or_NULL)

Arguments

char_or_NULL

A string or NULL

Examples

Run this code
  NULL_to_charNA(NA)   ## NA
  NULL_to_charNA(NULL) ## NA_character_
  NULL_to_charNA("hi") ## "hi"
  

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