# Converting to an array that accepts 'missing' type

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-to-an-array-that-accepts-missing-type/94111>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, arrays, missing-values\
**Created:** [February 6, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-to-an-array-that-accepts-missing-type/94111 "2023-02-06T00:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-to-an-array-that-accepts-missing-type/94111/6 "2023-02-06T00:58:28Z")

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> [@austin-putz](#):
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> I’m not sure why this was so difficult to find

Linking [this related post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-replace-all-values-in-an-array-with-missing-values/75467).

We need to load Missings.jl to use `allowmissing()` (or DataFrames which seems to re-export it).

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