Replace sentinel values with NA

Replaces specified sentinel values (e.g., 98 for "don't know") with NA.

Usage

recode_sentinel(data, vars, values = 98)

Arguments

data

A data frame.

vars

A character vector of column names.

values

Numeric vector of sentinel values to replace with NA. Defaults to 98.

Value

data with sentinel values replaced by NA.

Examples

d <- data.frame(x = c(1, 98, 3), y = c(98, 2, 98))
recode_sentinel(d, c("x", "y"), values = 98)
#>    x  y
#> 1  1 NA
#> 2 NA  2
#> 3  3 NA