[R] ts.intersect a multivariate and univariate ts

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Andy Bunn wrote:

>>>
>>> R > w <- list(rnorm(10), rnorm(10))
>>> R > x <- ts(w, start = 1980)
>>
>> Even though you don't get an error message this statement is
>> erroneous.  ?ts discusses the valid possibilities.
>
> So it does, might I suggest add something like this to ts:
>    if (is.list(data))
>       stop("Data must be a numeric vector or matrix")

Actually, that is not quite the case: logical time series are allowed, 
even through not documented to be allowed.  (The S4 methods start-up code 
generates one, and so a similar check which was once there was removed.)

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