R: Fill down NA with the last observed observation

filldown {MESS} | R Documentation

## Fill down NA with the last observed observation

### Description

Fill down missing values with the latest non-missing value

### Usage

    filldown(x)

### Arguments

`x` | A vector

### Value

A vector or list with the NA's replaced by the last observed value.

### Author(s)

Claus Ekstrom <claus@rprimer.dk>

### Examples

    a <- c(1:5, "Howdy", NA, NA, 2:3, NA)
    filldown(a)
    filldown(c(NA, NA, NA, 3:5))

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