pdR (version 1.9.3)

ret: Returns a data.frame of sequential lag matrix.

Description

ret() is similar to embed(), but returns a data.frame specified with colnames, not matrix.

Usage

ret(wts, k)

Value

A T by k dataframe returns. If you need 2 lags, you have to specify k=3, then it returns a dataframe with T by 3 dataframe, the first column is lag0.

Arguments

wts

Univariate time series.

k

k-1 lagged terms.

Author

Ho Tsung-wu <[e-mail]>, modifed from Javier Lopez-de-Lacalle

Details

ret() is similar to embed(), but returns a data.frame with colnames, not matrix. Moreover, unlike embed(),ret() fills lagged cells with NA, instead of trimming them.

References

Javier Lopez-de-Lacalle in https://github.com/cran/uroot/blob/master/R/hegy.R

Examples

data(inf_Q)
y=inf_Q[,2]
ret(y,3)