[R] getting a timeseries element into a string

[tradenet]

Thanks Ron.

I apologize for not properly specifying which class/package I was using.  I
am using the timeSeries class from the timeSeries Package, version 2100.83
from rmetrics.org

The code you supplied works for me! -- thanks again.

Warm regards,

Andrew


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Ron Burns-2 wrote:
> 
> 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
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> Oceanside, CA
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