I have a basic question I want to recode some variables. My code is a bit long and I know a bit ugly. Don't scream or run away, at least it gives me the output I want.
What I want is to recode a variable and set all zeros to twos. Then I make sure the new variable is numeric. Next I generate a new variable and set all twos to one.
w2_data_tb$v1 <- recode(w2_data_tb$var1, '0' = '2')
w2_data_tb$v1 <- as.numeric(w2_data_tb$v1)
w2_data_tb$v1a <- recode(w2_data_tb$v1, '2' = '1')
My variable seems to be fine but I do get always an error from R: Unreplaced values treated as NA as .x is not compatible. Please specify replacements exhaustively or supply .default
My question is, how can I keep the NAs without getting this error?
I think some might ask what I am trying to do here. Originally I have a variable with NAs, 1 and 0. I want to count the zeros. But 0 + 0 is 0 ... That's why I do this workaround. My problem now seems to be the NAs.
Can anyone help?