# missex¶

## Purpose¶

Converts numeric values to the missing value code according to the values given in a logical expression.

## Format¶

y = missex(x, mask)
Parameters: x (NxK matrix) – data mask (NxK logical matrix) – (matrix of 0’s and 1’s) that serves as a “mask” for x; the 1’s in mask correspond to the values in x that are to be converted into missing values y (NxK matrix that equals x) – but with those elements that correspond to the 1’s in e converted to missing.

## Examples¶

// Set seed for repeatable random numbers
rndseed 49728424;

x = rndu(3, 2);

// Logical expression
mask =(x .> .30) .and (x .< .60);


After the code above:

     0.525  0.419          1  1           .      .
x =  0.869  0.973   mask = 0  0   y = 0.869  0.973
0.021  0.357          0  1       0.021      .


A 3x2 matrix of uniform random numbers is created. All values in the interval (0.30, 0.60) are converted to missing.

## Remarks¶

The matrix e will usually be created by a logical expression. For instance, to convert all numbers between 10 and 15 in x to missing, the following code could be used:

y = missex(x, (x .> 10) .and (x .< 15));


Note that “dot” operators MUST be used in constructing the logical expressions.

For complex matrices, the missing value code is defined as a missing value entry in the real part of the matrix. For complex x, then, missex() replaces elements with a “. + 0i” value.

This function is like miss(), but is more general in that a range of values can be converted into missings.

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