Error: no applicable method for 'mutate_' applied to an object of class "character"

[carmendw]

Hi all, I get an error on the last step of this code. The other two times I used mutate() it worked. The last time though, the column "KeepFinal" does not get created and gives the following error: Error in UseMethod("mutate_") : no applicable method for 'mutate_' applied to an object of class "character"

R script follows:

library(dplyr)

GSoff_serv <- PreScFilter %>% 
  arrange(GSoffered) %>% 
  select(Concatenate, OpenDate, EILName, GSoffered, GSserved) %>% 
  mutate(KeepOff=ifelse(GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K" | GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K-1" | GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K-3" | GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K-4", "N", "Y")) %>%
  mutate(KeepSer=ifelse(GSoff_serv$GSserved=="K" | GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K-1" | GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K-3" | GSoff_serv$GSoffered=="K-4", "N", "Y")) %>%
  GSoff_serv$KeepSer[is.na(GSoff_serv$KeepSer)] <- "Y" %>%
  mutate(KeepFinal=ifelse(GSoff_serv$KeepOff=="N" & GSoff_serv$KeepSer=="N", "No", "Yes"))

[mishabalyasin]

@carmendw

GSoff_serv$KeepSer[is.na(GSoff_serv$KeepSer)] <- "Y" %>% mutate(KeepFinal=ifelse(GSoff_serv$KeepOff=="N" & GSoff_serv$KeepSer=="N", "No", "Yes"))

Are you sure that this is what you want to do? You are trying to use mutate call on a string "Y" and therefore getting the error you are getting.

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[carmendw]

@mishabalyasin Thank you, I wanted to create 3 new variables but needed to get rid of the NAs in order to create the last variable. If there something I should do differently, please advise. I do not think I want to use mutate call on a string "Y"... but I wanted to try to do it all in one go. It is my second day working with pipes. I will also look into the reprex link, thank you.