na-if-vs-if-else.md

vec <- c("", "", "a", "b", "")
dplyr::if_else(vec == "", NA, vec, NA)
#> [1] NA  NA  "a" "b" NA
dplyr::na_if(x = vec, "")
#> [1] NA  NA  "a" "b" NA

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