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Treat null values and empty strings the same way. #2243

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joohokim1 opened this issue Jun 17, 2019 · 1 comment
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Treat null values and empty strings the same way. #2243

joohokim1 opened this issue Jun 17, 2019 · 1 comment
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@dataprep Component Name : Data preparation enhancement Request Change and Feature Enhancement
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joohokim1 commented Jun 17, 2019

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Recently, I've received a question that why the empty strings are shown as mismatched not as missing.
My answer was that they are diffent as a perspective of a programmer, but she said it's very confusing.
Besides, I found out a similar product also treats the two values as the same.
So, I realized that normal users do not want to distinguish those two.

Describe the solution you'd like
Show empty strings as missing in Histogram (above the grid of data preparation edit page).
The grid itself has no change.

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I was going to solve this issue as below:
1. Show null values as empty string in UI. (null) will not be shown on grid any more.
2. Treat empty string as missing in histogram bar.
3. Internal corresponding code change.

NULL vs Empty String is not finished yet.
I want to talk about this matter with other contributors.
If needed, let's open an issue about this tiresome but important thing.

This issue must be done before #2241.

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* #2243 Removed type change by value

* #2243 Null values are now shown as missing in Histogram.
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Integrated test #1 passed.

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