BTW, zoo is like ts in the application of lag. In other words, zoo and xts are opposite in this issue.
2012/4/12 jpm miao <miao...@gmail.com> > Example: > Will ts objects be obsolete or modified? > > > a [,1] > 1983 Q1 2.747365190 > 1983 Q2 2.791594762 > 1983 Q3 -0.009953715 > 1983 Q4 -0.015059485 > 1984 Q1 -1.190061246 > 1984 Q2 -0.553031799 > 1984 Q3 0.686874720 > 1984 Q4 0.953911035> lag(a,4) [,1] > 1983 Q1 NA > 1983 Q2 NA > 1983 Q3 NA > 1983 Q4 NA > 1984 Q1 2.747365190 > 1984 Q2 2.791594762 > 1984 Q3 -0.009953715 > 1984 Q4 -0.015059485> lag(as.ts(a, start=c(1983,1)),4) Qtr1 > Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 > 1982 2.747365190 2.791594762 -0.009953715 -0.015059485 > 1983 -1.190061246 -0.553031799 0.686874720 0.953911035 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.