I noticed a problem with the merging factors so try using character variables instead:
library(zoo) Lines <- "Time Data Time1 Data1 1 b 1 e 7 g 4 i NA NA 5 k NA NA NA NA " DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE) f <- function(i) { DF <- na.omit(DF[i + 0:1]); zoo(DF[,2], DF[,1]) } ix <- seq(1, ncol(DF), 2) ser <- lapply(ix, f) names(ser) <- names(DF)[-ix] # optional do.call(merge, ser) On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following reads in the series as a data frame > and then na.omit's the NA's and converts to zoo. > Optionally we can merge them back together > aligning them on the times. > > library(zoo) > Lines <- "Time Data Time1 Data1 > 1 b 1 e > 7 g 4 i > NA NA 5 k > NA NA NA NA > " > DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE) > f <- function(i) { DF <- na.omit(DF[i + 0:1]); zoo(DF[,2], DF[,1]) } > ix <- seq(1, ncol(DF), 2) > ser <- lapply(ix, f) > names(ser) <- names(DF)[-ix] > > # optional > do.call(merge, ser) > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:38 PM, A Mani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have an irregular time series of the form : > > > > Time Data Time1 Data1 .... > > 1 b 1 e > > 7 g 4 i > > NA NA 5 k > > NA NA NA NA ... > > > > (the columns have varying length of NAs after a certain point) > > Converting this to regular time series with Pastecs does not seem to > > work, when I see the > > entire data as a single series. So I remove the NAs and deal with one > > series at a time in a loop. > > > > Any suggestions ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > A. Mani > > > > > > -- > > A. Mani > > Member, Cal. Math. Soc > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > ______________________________________________ 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.