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rijking
rijking
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How to prevent NA being treated as Missing Value Code by column compression?

Created: Dec 7, 2016 12:35 PM  |  Last Modified: Jun 9, 2023 07:23 PM (3477 views)

I have a large JSL script that uses column compression several times to keep file sizes managable: 

dt << Compress Selected Columns();

My issue is that for columns (both ordinal and nominal) where I have values such as "a","b","c","d","NA", the compression function removes the "NA" values, I assume because it treats them as a Missing Value Code. However, I require the "NA" to remain as it is used in subsequent functions. How can I prevent this, whilst still running the compression?

 

Many thanks

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txnelson
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Re: How to prevent NA being treated as Missing Value Code by column compression?

Dec 7, 2016 03:46 PM (3453 views)  |  Posted in reply to message from rijking 12-07-2016
Look in column info for the missing value codes and remove NA
Jim
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rijking
rijking
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Re: How to prevent NA being treated as Missing Value Code by column compression?

Dec 7, 2016 05:02 PM (3446 views)  |  Posted in reply to message from txnelson 12-07-2016

@txnelson Thanks, but NA isn't listed as a missing value code in column info for at least some of the relevant columns. As I'm creating a large number of columns with JSL it's not practical to manually check/adjust each. Can this be scripted or can missing value codes be globally defined using JSL?

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