replace_values_in_dt function

Replace values in a data table

Replace values in a data.table

replace_values_in_dt(
  data = NULL,
  old_values = NULL,
  new_values = NULL,
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

• data: a data object (a data frame or a data.table)
• old_values: a vector of old values that need to be replaced
• new_values: a new value or a vector of new values that will replace the old values
• silent: If silent = FALSE, a message will be printed regarding how many values were replaced. If silent = TRUE, no message will be printed regarding how many values were replaced. (default = FALSE)

Examples

replace_values_in_dt(data = mtcars, old_values = 21.0, new_values = 888)
replace_values_in_dt(data = mtcars, old_values = c(0, 1), new_values = 999)
replace_values_in_dt(
data = mtcars, old_values = c(0, 1), new_values = 990:991)
replace_values_in_dt(
data = data.table::data.table(a = NA_character_, b = NA_character_),
old_values = NA, new_values = "")