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'''
Created on 19 Feb 2014

@author: Panos
'''

#The HandleMissingValues object
class HandleMissingValues:
#Three different approaches to handle missing values are included in this object 
    def ReplaceWithZero(self,mylist):          #Replace in the given list the missing values with zero
        i=0   
        for value in mylist:                    
            if value is '' :
                mylist[i]=0.0                  #For the values in the list if there is a missing value replace it with zero
            i+=1  
        return mylist                          #Return the replaced list 
    
    def DeleteMissingValue(self,mylist):       #Delete the missing value in the given list 
        i=0
        listX=[]                               #Create a new list 
        for value in mylist:
            if value != '':
                listX.append(value)            #Add in the new list the non missing values from the given list  
            i+=1 
        return listX                           #Return the new list, which has the non missing values from the initial given list 
    
    def ReplaceWithMean(self,mylist):          #Replace in the given list the missing values with the mean value  
        list1=self.DeleteMissingValue(mylist)  #Create a new list, which is the given list deleting the missing values (calling the DeleteMissingValue method)
        mean=sum(list1)/float(len(list1))      #Calculate the mean value of the new list
        print mean
        i=0
        for value in mylist:
            if value is '' :
                mylist[i]=mean                #For the values in the initial given list if there is a missing value replace it with the mean value of the new list
            i+=1 
        return mylist                         #Return the given list, in which the missing values are replaced with the mean value 
