circhelp (version 1.1)

pad_circ: Pad circular data on both ends

Description

Pad circular data on both ends

Usage

pad_circ(
  data,
  circ_var,
  circ_borders = c(-90, 90),
  circ_part = 1/6,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Value

a padded data.table

Arguments

data

data.table to pad

circ_var

circular variable

circ_borders

range of the circular variable

circ_part

padding proportion

verbose

print extra info

Details

Pads the data by adding a part of the data (default: 1/6th) from one end to another end. Useful to roughly account for circularity when using non-circular methods.

Examples

dt <- data.table(x = runif(1000, -90, 90), y = rnorm(1000))
pad_circ(dt, "x", verbose = TRUE)