profrep (version 1.0.0)

find_next_good_datapoint: What Is the Next Non-Null Data Point?

Description

What Is the Next Non-Null Data Point?

Usage

find_next_good_datapoint(data_row, index, n_replicates)

Value

The next good data point or -999 if none is found.

Arguments

data_row

A numeric vector representing the data row.

index

The index of the current data point.

n_replicates

The total number of replicates (length of the row)

Details

Given a data row, an index, and the number of replicates (the number of elements in the row), this function finds the next good data point in the row.

A good data point is a non-missing value (not NA) with a non-empty string.

Examples

data_row <- c(NA, 3, 2, NA, 5)
index <- 1
n_replicates <- 5
find_next_good_datapoint(data_row, index, n_replicates) # expect 3