Fill (tidyr) not working with factor column

[Viniciusoliveira]

I have a csv file I am importing as a df:

df <- data.frame(mrt = c(1,NA,2,NA,NA,3,NA,NA),
                 municipio = c("aquidauana",NA,"corumba",NA,NA,"jardim",NA,NA))

and I want to get the following:

mrt   municipio
 1    aquidauana
 1    aquidauana
 2    corumba
 2    corumba
 2    corumba
 3    jardim
 3    jardim
 3    jardim

what I am trying is:

df$municipio <- as.factor(df$municipio)

mrt <- df %>% 
  fill(mrt) %>% 
  fill(municipio)

accordingly to fill() documentation, it should work with factor variables but it is not my case. mrt column works fine but municipio column remains the same with no error on console.

Does someone know what is happening and how to solve?

thank you

[williaml]

It worked for me. I had to change your initial df.

library(tidyverse)

df <- data.frame(mrt = c(1,NA,2,NA,NA,3,NA,NA),
                 municipio = c("aquidauana",NA,"corumba",NA,NA,"jardim",NA,NA)) # these are strings

df$municipio <- as.factor(df$municipio)


df %>% 
  fill(mrt) %>% 
  fill(municipio)

  mrt  municipio
1   1 aquidauana
2   1 aquidauana
3   2    corumba
4   2    corumba
5   2    corumba
6   3     jardim
7   3     jardim
8   3     jardim

[Viniciusoliveira]

the initial df I just wrote here so others could have the same data as me. However I received the a .csv file, which I import to R with

df <- read.csv("path", sep=';', header = T)
df$municipio <- as.factor(df$municipio)

[nirgrahamuk]

it is now unclear whether you have an issue seeking further support, or whether all is well with the world. can you clarify ?