[R] Indicator function for merged times (was: Re: Rr: For and if confusion)

[Gabor Grothendieck]

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Using your Int1, correcting your Int2 and using your
Y (which goes to Jul not Aug as per the comment):

library(zoo)
> as.ts(with(merge.zoo(Int1, Int2, Y, fill = 0), pmax(Int1, Int2)))
     Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1992                               0   0   0   0   0
1993   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
1994   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
1995   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
1996   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
1997   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
1998   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
1999   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0
2000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
2001   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
2002   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Matthieu Stigler
<matthieu.stigler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I have two date objects
>>
>> X <- c("01-03-1993", "01-05-1997") #Mar 1993 and May 1997
>>
>> Y <- c("01-02-1995", "01-08-1999") #Feb 1995 and Aug 1999
>>
>> and a time series object
>>
>> A <- ts(rnorm(120), freq=12, start=c(1992,8)) #Aug 1992 to Aug 2002
>>
>> I want to create a binary (0-1) vector B that is of length 1:(A).
>>
>> B should have value 1 for the time periods *across* my character vectors,
>> i.e. between Mar 93 ad Feb 95, and also between May-97 and Aug-99, but zero
>> otherwise.
>>
>> Would anyone have any ideas on how to do this? I would paste the code I am
>> trying, but it would confuse rather than clarify (R newbie!). Am getting
>> really lost in 'for' and 'if' loops, so would really appreciate any help!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ShruthiRE
>
> #time series of 1 in the interval
> Int1<-ts(1, start=c(1993, 3), end=c(1997, 5), freq=12)
> Int2<-ts(1, start=c(1993, 3), end=c(1997, 5), freq=12)
> #original time series
> Y <- ts(rnorm(120), freq=12, start=c(1992,8)) #Aug 1992 to Aug 2002
>
> #need zoo and as.zoo because time(ts) I don't see how to use time(ts) nicely
> library(zoo)
>
> #condition and values
> ifelse(time(as.zoo(Y))%in% time(as.zoo(Int1)),1,0)
>
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