I am using R and I input data through excel files. I am able to read the excel files into R through xlsreadwrite package. My query: is how to tell the sample period of the data. For example, data in my file are annual and start from the year 1950 and go up to the year 2010. the R, however, reads it as starting at 1 and ending at 60. for example, when I do structural break, its shows break, say, for observation 30, but does not give the year per se. the same is true for plots etc. Kindly let me know how to incorporate the sample period in the R. Regards Muneesh Muneesh Kapur Director, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy and Executive Assistant to Deputy Governor Dr.Subir Gokarn, Reserve Bank of India Central Office, Fort, Mumbai 400001 India Tel +91-22-2261 0986; +91-22-2261 0990 Fax +91-22-2267 5831 mail: mkapur at rbi.org.in<mailto:mkapur at rbi.org.in> ________________________________ Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.
It sounds like your date column is a 'factor'. Please at least provide an 'str' of the data that you are using. You might want to read is in suppressing the conversion to factors (not familar with the xlsreadwrite, but read.table as an 'as.is' parameter). On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Kapur, Muneesh <mkapur@rbi.org.in> wrote:> I am using R and I input data through excel files. I am able to read the > excel files into R through xlsreadwrite package. > My query: is how to tell the sample period of the data. > For example, data in my file are annual and start from the year 1950 and go > up to the year 2010. > the R, however, reads it as starting at 1 and ending at 60. > for example, when I do structural break, its shows break, say, for > observation 30, but does not give the year per se. the same is true for > plots etc. > Kindly let me know how to incorporate the sample period in the R. > > Regards > Muneesh > > Muneesh Kapur > Director, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy > and Executive Assistant to Deputy Governor Dr.Subir Gokarn, > Reserve Bank of India > Central Office, Fort, > Mumbai 400001 > India > Tel +91-22-2261 0986; +91-22-2261 0990 > Fax +91-22-2267 5831 > mail: mkapur@rbi.org.in<mailto:mkapur@rbi.org.in> > > ________________________________ > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you > have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or > telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any > attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for > the presence of viruses. The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused > by any virus transmitted by this email. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Hi: Here's a simple, manufactured example: x <- rnorm(61) x <- ts(x, start = 1950, end = 2010) plot(x) Is that what you were looking for? HTH, Dennis On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Kapur, Muneesh <mkapur@rbi.org.in> wrote:> I am using R and I input data through excel files. I am able to read the > excel files into R through xlsreadwrite package. > My query: is how to tell the sample period of the data. > For example, data in my file are annual and start from the year 1950 and go > up to the year 2010. > the R, however, reads it as starting at 1 and ending at 60. > for example, when I do structural break, its shows break, say, for > observation 30, but does not give the year per se. the same is true for > plots etc. > Kindly let me know how to incorporate the sample period in the R. > > Regards > Muneesh > > Muneesh Kapur > Director, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy > and Executive Assistant to Deputy Governor Dr.Subir Gokarn, > Reserve Bank of India > Central Office, Fort, > Mumbai 400001 > India > Tel +91-22-2261 0986; +91-22-2261 0990 > Fax +91-22-2267 5831 > mail: mkapur@rbi.org.in<mailto:mkapur@rbi.org.in> > > ________________________________ > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you > have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or > telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any > attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for > the presence of viruses. The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused > by any virus transmitted by this email. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]