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Handling Missing Values

This article explains how you can control how statistical functions in OpenDataDSL deal with missing values

Ignoring Missing Values​

The default setting and in most cases, you want to remove any missing values from value lists that are an input into a statistical function. To implicitly tell OpenDataDSL to ignore missing values, use the following statement:

set missing ignore

Replacing Missing Values​

If you want to replace missing values which a constant value, you can use the following statement:

// <value> can be any number
set missing <value>

// Examples
set missing 0
set missing -1
set missing 14.56

Using Missing Values​

if you want to pass missing values into functions use the following statement:

set missing