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FAOSTAT (version 1.6)

chConstruct: Construct year to year change

Description

A function for constructing year to year change

Usage

chConstruct(data, origVar, country = "FAOST_CODE",
    year = "Year", newVarName = NA, n = 1)

Arguments

origVar
The variable in which the year to year change is to be calculated
country
The column representing the index of country.
year
The column represing the index of year.
data
The data frame containing the data
newVarName
The name assigned to the new variable, if missing then .CH will be appended.
n
The period for the change rate to be calculated.

Value

  • A data frame containing the computed year to year change rate.