Также возможна:
a[cumsum(!is.na(a)) != max(cumsum(!is.na(a))) * is.na(a)]
[1] NA 1 2 3 4 5 NA NA 1 2 3
В отдельных шагах:
is.na(a)
[1] TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
cumsum(!is.na(a))
[1] 0 1 2 3 4
cumsum(!is.na(a)) != max(cumsum(!is.na(a)))
[1] TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
cumsum(!is.na(a)) != max(cumsum(!is.na(a))) * is.na(a)
[1] TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
Просто для удовольствия, небольшой тест:
library(microbenchmark)
a <- rep(a, 1e5)
microbenchmark(
markus = a[1:max(which(!is.na(a)))],
Julius_Vainora = a[rev(cumprod(rev(is.na(a)))) == 0],
Kim = rm_NA_tail(a),
tmfmnk = a[cumsum(!is.na(a)) != max(cumsum(!is.na(a))) * is.na(a)],
nsinghs = a[1:(length(a) - rle(is.na(rev(a)))$lengths[1])],
times = 5
)
Unit: milliseconds
expr min lq mean median uq max neval cld
markus 150.7346 153.0674 156.4194 153.3031 159.4718 165.5201 5 a
Julius_Vainora 393.8520 418.8186 616.3269 703.4022 749.6600 815.9018 5 bc
Kim 370.7680 382.1826 536.0828 632.0031 642.1882 653.2720 5 bc
tmfmnk 390.2626 415.2378 466.4245 415.8310 423.3828 687.4082 5 b
nsinghs 537.0404 781.1403 798.6929 793.1027 842.6777 1039.5033 5 c