Hello Group, I have the following options and future data in zoo objects
> head(optData.z) ExpDt OptTyp Strike TrdPrice TotTrdQty 2009-01-01 09:55:03 20090129 1 2900 180.0000 50 2009-01-01 09:55:31 20090129 1 2900 188.0000 50 2009-01-01 09:55:37 20090129 1 2900 185.0000 500 2009-01-01 09:55:39 20090129 1 2900 185.0000 500 2009-01-01 09:55:47 20090129 1 2900 185.1125 600 2009-01-01 09:55:48 20090129 1 2900 185.2500 50 > head(futData.z) ExpDt OptTyp Strike TrdPrice TotTrdQty 2009-01-01 09:55:09 20090129 2 0 2979.000 900 2009-01-01 09:55:11 20090129 2 0 2976.633 600 2009-01-01 09:55:12 20090129 2 0 2977.211 900 2009-01-01 09:55:14 20090129 2 0 2977.750 800 2009-01-01 09:55:15 20090129 2 0 2977.019 4300 2009-01-01 09:55:16 20090129 2 0 2977.050 800 I want to get the closest available futures price for every option ... Is there any function like the excel equivalent of approximate VLOOKUP of excel using date time? Thank you. ______________________________________________ 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.