[R] getting a timeseries element into a string

[Ron Burns]

Here is what I do:

R> library(fBasics)
R> ts<-dummyDailySeries(x = rnorm(365), units = NULL, zone = "", 
FinCenter ="")
R> class(ts)
[1] "timeSeries"
attr(,"package")
[1] "timeSeries"
R> (s <- as.character(time(ts)[1]))
[1] "1970-01-01"
R> class(s)
[1] "character"






tradenet wrote:
> I added a reproducible example to my question...
>
> ts<-dummyDailySeries(x = rnorm(365), units = NULL, zone = "", FinCenter =
> "")
>
>   
>> (ts[1,0])  #returns first date in return series
>>     
> GMT
>
> 1970-01-01
>
>   
>> ttt<-(sprintf("%s",ts[1,0]))
>>     
>
>   
>> print(ttt)
>>     
> character(0)
>
>   
>> ttt<-(ts[1,0])
>>     
>
>   
>> print(ttt)
>>     
> GMT
>
> 1970-01-01
>
> what I want to get is a string containing "1970-01-01"
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> tradenet wrote:
>   
>> I have a timeseries object, ts, and want to get the first date in the
>> series into a string so I can concatenate it with a SQL query. Input and
>> output are shown below.  I must be missing something very basic, but I
>> can't seem to pry the data ("2008-07-01") into a string variable.  Any
>> suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> =====script:
>> class(ts)
>> (ts[1,0])  #returns first date in return series
>> ttt<-(sprintf("%s",ts[1,0]))
>> print(ttt)
>>
>> =====output:
>>
>>
>>     
>>> class(ts)
>>>       
>> [1] "timeSeries"
>> attr(,"package")
>> [1] "timeSeries"
>>
>>     
>>> (ts[1,0])  #returns first date in return series
>>>       
>> GMT
>>
>> 2008-07-01
>>
>>     
>>> ttt<-(sprintf("%s",ts[1,0]))
>>>       
>>> print(ttt)
>>>       
>> character(0)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
>   


-- 
R. R. Burns
Physicist (Retired)
Oceanside, CA