R: Replace values in a data table

replace_values_in_dt

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Replace values in a data table

Description

Replace values in a data.table

Usage

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 = "")