ismiss#

Purpose#

Returns a 1 if its matrix argument contains any missing values, otherwise returns a 0.

Format#

x_ismiss = ismiss(x)#

Parameters:: x (NxK matrix) – data
Returns:: x_ismiss (scalar) – 1 if x contains any missing values, otherwise 0.

Examples#

x = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };

// Set the second element of 'x' to be a missing value
x[2] = miss(0, 0);

print "before 'if' block, x = " x;

// If there are any missing values in 'x'
if ismiss(x);
   // Remove all rows with missing values from 'x'
   x = packr(x);
endif;

print "after 'if' block, x = " x;

before 'if' block, x =
       1.0000000
               .
       3.0000000
       4.0000000
after 'if' block, x =
       1.0000000
       3.0000000
       4.0000000

To reset all missing values to a specified value, replace the call to packr() above with a call to missrv().

Remarks#

An element of x is considered to be a missing if and only if it contains a missing value in the real part. Thus, if \(x = 1 + .i\), ismiss(x) will return a 0.