So far we have dput(a). Does that represent what you have?
what you want? Can you provide both and a description in words.
See the last line to every message to r-help.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Sergey Goriatchev <serg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Dr. Grothendieck,
>
> My purpose in this case it to have the structure of the object on
> non-Bloomberg machine the same as that of the object on the Bloomberg
> machine.
> That way I am sure that whatever code I write away from Bloomberg
> machine will work on it when I copy the code to it.
> Also, I am very curious how I could change the structure of an object,
> in this case a zoo object. Why did the attributes disappear? How can I
> restore them?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Sergey
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 17:01, Gabor Grothendieck
> <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is your purpose to change the times in some way?
>> If z is a zoo series you can change the times like this:
>>
>> library(zoo)
>> library(chron)
>>
>> time(z) <- ...whatever...
>>
>> e.g.
>>
>>> z <- zoo(1:3, 11:13)
>>> z
>> 11 12 13
>> 1 2 3
>>> time(z) <- as.Date(11:13)
>>> z
>> 1970-01-12 1970-01-13 1970-01-14
>> 1 2 3
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Sergey Goriatchev <serg...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear Dr. Grothendieck,
>>>
>>> First of all, I realized I did not load zoo package before I tried the
>>> first str(bldata). If I load zoo and then do str(bldata) I get the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> 'zoo' series from 7305 to 14609
>>> Data: num [1:5219, 1:12] 91.9 91.8 91.7 91.8 91.7 ...
>>> - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
>>> ..$ : NULL
>>> ..$ : chr [1:12] "ED4 COMDTY" "ED12 COMDTY" "ER4 COMDTY" "ER12 COMDTY" ...
>>> Index: Classes 'dates', 'times' atomic [1:5219] 7305 7306 7307 7308 7309
>>> ...
>>> ..- attr(*, "format")= chr "m/d/y"
>>> ..- attr(*, "origin")= Named num [1:3] 1 1 1970
>>> .. ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:3] "month" "day" "year"
>>>
>>> Now, I've done what you said and here is the ASCII representation of
>>> the data (I don't know if one can attach files here, and anyway I
>>> cannot attach files where I am, but the following would reproduce
>>> exactly):
>>>
>>> a <- (structure(c(98.585, 98.355, 98.48, 98.585, 98.67, 98.695, 98.81,
>>> 98.865, 98.865, 98.865, 98.735, 98.805, 98.805, 97.435, 97.18,
>>> 97.165, 97.265, 97.34, 97.415, 97.445, 97.505, 97.525, 97.635,
>>> 97.625, 97.53, 97.53, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25,
>>> 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1.5, 1.5,
>>> 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5), .Dim = c(13L, 4L), index = structure(c(14245,
>>> 14246, 14249, 14250, 14251, 14252, 14253, 14256, 14257, 14258,
>>> 14259, 14260, 14263), format = "m/d/y", origin = structure(c(1,
>>> 1, 1970), .Names = c("month", "day", "year")), class = c("dates",
>>> "times")), class = "zoo", .Dimnames = list(NULL, c("ED4 COMDTY",
>>> "ED12 COMDTY", "FDTR INDEX", "UKBRBASE INDEX"))))
>>>
>>> Copy-paste to R prompt shows following:
>>>
>>> ED4 COMDTY ED12 COMDTY FDTR INDEX UKBRBASE INDEX
>>> 14245 98.585 97.435 0.25 2.0
>>> 14246 98.355 97.180 0.25 2.0
>>> 14249 98.480 97.165 0.25 2.0
>>> 14250 98.585 97.265 0.25 2.0
>>> 14251 98.670 97.340 0.25 2.0
>>> 14252 98.695 97.415 0.25 1.5
>>> 14253 98.810 97.445 0.25 1.5
>>> 14256 98.865 97.505 0.25 1.5
>>> 14257 98.865 97.525 0.25 1.5
>>> 14258 98.865 97.635 0.25 1.5
>>> 14259 98.735 97.625 0.25 1.5
>>> 14260 98.805 97.530 0.25 1.5
>>> 14263 98.805 97.530 0.25 1.5
>>>
>>> On my Bloomberg machine, in R console, the rownames look like:
>>> ED4 COMDTY ED12 COMDTY FDTR INDEX UKBRBASE INDEX
>>> 01/01/09 98.585 97.435 0.25 2.0
>>> 01/02/09 98.355 97.180 0.25 2.0
>>> 01/05/09 98.480 97.165 0.25 2.0
>>> 01/06/09 98.585 97.265 0.25 2.0
>>> 01/07/09 98.670 97.340 0.25 2.0
>>>
>>> and that is what I try to get as well.
>>>
>>> Doing:
>>>
>>> attributes(a)[[2]] <- format(as.Date(attributes(a)[[2]]), "%m/%d/%y")
>>>
>>> changes structure of a to:
>>>
>>> 'zoo' series from 01/01/09 to 01/19/09
>>> Data: num [1:13, 1:4] 98.6 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 ...
>>> - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
>>> ..$ : NULL
>>> ..$ : chr [1:4] "ED4 COMDTY" "ED12 COMDTY" "FDTR INDEX" "UKBRBASE INDEX"
>>> Index: chr [1:13] "01/01/09" "01/02/09" "01/05/09" "01/06/09"
>>> "01/07/09" "01/08/09" "01/09/09" "01/12/09" "01/13/09" "01/14/09"
>>> "01/15/09" "01/16/09" "01/19/09"
>>>
>>> That is not the same structure, attributes disappeared.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>> Thank you in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sergey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 15:56, Gabor Grothendieck
>>> <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Please reduce your examples down to small amounts of data and use dput so
>>>> that they are reproducible.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Sergey Goriatchev <serg...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a zoo object that has following structure:
>>>>>
>>>>>> str(bldata)
>>>>> zoo [1:5219, 1:12] 91.9 91.8 91.7 91.8 91.7 ...
>>>>> - attr(*, "index")=Classes 'dates', 'times' atomic [1:5219] 7305
>>>>> 7306 7307 7308 7309 ...
>>>>> .. ..- attr(*, "format")= chr "m/d/y"
>>>>> .. ..- attr(*, "origin")= Named num [1:3] 1 1 1970
>>>>> .. .. ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:3] "month" "day" "year"
>>>>> - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
>>>>> ..$ : NULL
>>>>> ..$ : chr [1:12] "ED4 COMDTY" "ED12 COMDTY" "ER4 COMDTY" "ER12 COMDTY"
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I also have a vector of dates of same length as zoo object (5219):
>>>>>
>>>>>> str(bldates)
>>>>> chr [1:5219] "01/01/90" "01/02/90" "01/03/90" "01/04/90" "01/05/90"
>>>>> "01/08/90" "01/09/90" "01/10/90" "01/11/90" "01/12/90" ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I do the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>> attributes(bldata)[[2]] <- as.Date(bldates, "%m/%d/%y")
>>>>>
>>>>> and get the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>> str(bldata)
>>>>> 'zoo' series from 1990-01-01 to 2009-12-31
>>>>> Data: num [1:5219, 1:12] 91.9 91.8 91.7 91.8 91.7 ...
>>>>> - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
>>>>> ..$ : NULL
>>>>> ..$ : chr [1:12] "ED4 COMDTY" "ED12 COMDTY" "ER4 COMDTY" "ER12 COMDTY"
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Index: Class 'Date' num [1:5219] 7305 7306 7307 7308 7309 ...
>>>>>
>>>>> But what I really want to get is the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>>str(bldata)
>>>>> 'zoo' series from 01/01/90 to 12/31/09
>>>>> Data: num [1:5219, 1:12] 91.9 91.8 91.7 91.8 91.7 ...
>>>>> - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
>>>>> ..$ : NULL
>>>>> ..$ : chr [1:12] "ED4 COMDTY" "ED12 COMDTY" "ER4 COMDTY" "ER12 COMDTY"
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Index: Classes 'dates', 'times' atomic [1:5219] 7305 7306 7307 7308
>>>>> 7309 ...
>>>>> ..- attr(*, "format")= chr "m/d/y"
>>>>> ..- attr(*, "origin")= Named num [1:3] 1 1 1970
>>>>> .. ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:3] "month" "day" "year"
>>>>>
>>>>> The array bldata is the same, only the last one is on a machine
>>>>> running RBloomberg, and then I tried to save bldata (and rownames of
>>>>> bldata in bldates) and
>>>>> transfer bldata to the other machine which is not a Bloomberg
>>>>> terminal, and the structure of bldata changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> What should I do in this case to adjust the structure? I guess I have
>>>>> to somehow change the class of Index and set attributes of "Index" and
>>>>> attribute "names" of attribute "origin" of attribute "Index"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your help in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Sergey
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> I'm not young enough to know everything. /Oscar Wilde
>>>>> Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. /Oscar Wilde
>>>>> When you are finished changing, you're finished. /Benjamin Franklin
>>>>> Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.
>>>>> /Benjamin Franklin
>>>>> Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. /George Patten
>>>>>
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>>> Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. /Oscar Wilde
>>> When you are finished changing, you're finished. /Benjamin Franklin
>>> Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.
>>> /Benjamin Franklin
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>>
>
>
>
> --
> I'm not young enough to know everything. /Oscar Wilde
> Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. /Oscar Wilde
> When you are finished changing, you're finished. /Benjamin Franklin
> Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.
> /Benjamin Franklin
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