CMISS Function

Counts the number of missing arguments.

Category: Descriptive Statistics

Syntax

CMISS(argument-1 <, argument-2,…> )

Required Argument

argument

specifies a constant, variable, or expression. Argument can be either a character value or a numeric value.

Details

A character expression is counted as missing if it evaluates to a string that contains all blanks or has a length of zero.
A numeric expression is counted as missing if it evaluates to a numeric missing value: ., ._, .A, … , .Z.

Comparisons

The CMISS function does not convert any argument. The NMISS function converts all arguments to numeric values.

See Also

Functions:
NMISS Function
MISSING Function
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