NAME

respect_missing_values - Returns the current setting for respecting missing values

SYNOPSIS

#include "m/m_missing.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


int respect_missing_values(void);

DESCRIPTION

This routine returns the current current setting for respecting missing values. If a routine wishes to cooperate with calling routines to perform missing value computations when requested, then this routine should be called to request the current state. The state is change with enable_respect_missing_values(), disable_respect_missing_values() or restore_respect_missing_values().

RETURNS

This routine returns either TRUE or FALSE

NOTE

For performance, this is currently implemented as a macro which simply accesses a global variable.

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Kobus Barnard

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