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fill.tbl_lazy

Fill in missing values with previous or next value


Description

Fill in missing values with previous or next value

Usage

fill.tbl_lazy(.data, ..., .direction = c("down", "up"))

Arguments

.data

A lazy data frame backed by a database query.

...

Columns to fill.

.direction

Direction in which to fill missing values. Currently either "down" (the default) or "up". Note that "up" does not work when .data is sorted by non-numeric columns. As a workaround revert the order yourself beforehand; for example replace arrange(x, desc(y)) by arrange(desc(x), y).

Examples

squirrels <- tibble::tribble(
  ~group,    ~name,     ~role,     ~n_squirrels, ~ n_squirrels2,
  1,      "Sam",    "Observer",   NA,                 1,
  1,     "Mara", "Scorekeeper",    8,                NA,
  1,    "Jesse",    "Observer",   NA,                NA,
  1,      "Tom",    "Observer",   NA,                 4,
  2,     "Mike",    "Observer",   NA,                NA,
  2,  "Rachael",    "Observer",   NA,                 6,
  2,  "Sydekea", "Scorekeeper",   14,                NA,
  2, "Gabriela",    "Observer",   NA,                NA,
  3,  "Derrick",    "Observer",   NA,                NA,
  3,     "Kara", "Scorekeeper",    9,                 10,
  3,    "Emily",    "Observer",   NA,                NA,
  3, "Danielle",    "Observer",   NA,                NA
)
squirrels$id <- 1:12

if (require("tidyr", quietly = TRUE)) {
  tbl_memdb(squirrels) %>%
    window_order(id) %>%
    tidyr::fill(
      n_squirrels,
      n_squirrels2,
    )
}

dbplyr

A 'dplyr' Back End for Databases

v2.1.1
MIT + file LICENSE
Authors
Hadley Wickham [aut, cre], Maximilian Girlich [aut], Edgar Ruiz [aut], RStudio [cph, fnd]
Initial release

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