Fix type_convert_silent

OCHA-DAP · Apr 30, 2024 · c73a315 · c73a315
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diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Development
+
+* Fixed `type_convert_silent()` to parse `NA` strings as characters, not explicit
+missing values.
+
 # ripc 0.3.0
 
 * Restructured API calls so that `ipc_get()` is more robust by defaulting

diff --git a/R/population_utils.R b/R/population_utils.R
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ type_convert_silent <- function(df) {
   if (is.data.frame(df)) {
     df <- suppressMessages(
       readr::type_convert(
-        df = df
+        df = df,
+        na = ""
       )
     )
   }