Is a ts of length one a ts? (PR#245)
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:06:15 +0200 (MET DST)
The following seems confused (0.65 snapshot)
> x <- ts(1:20)
> window(x, 1, 1)
Time Series:
Start = c(1, 1)
End = c(1, 1)
Frequency = 1
[1] 1
Warning message:
Not returning a time series object in: [.ts(x, i)
(it of class ts, as the print method shows). Under 0.64.2 it is even more
confusing:
> x <- ts(1:20)
> window(x, 1, 1)
Warning: Not returning a time series object
Time Series:
Start = c(1, 1)
End = c(1, 1)
Frequency = 1
[1] 1
sic!
> x[1]
[1] 1
Warning message:
Not returning a time series object in: [.ts(x, 1)
Is there any good reason why a time series of length one is not
allowed by [.ts (you can certainly create one with ts)?
How about one of length 0:
> ts(numeric(0))
Time Series:
Start = c(1, 1)
End = c(0, 1)
Frequency = 1
numeric(0)
(which is surely a bug in print.ts if length 0 objects are allowed).
> x[0]
numeric(0)
Warning message:
Not returning a time series object in: [.ts(x, 0)
I suggest we should allow time series of length 1 but not of length 0
(as they have no start).
--
Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
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