quantmod (version 0.2-5)

buildData: Create Data Object for Modelling

Description

Create one data object from multiple sources, applying transformations via standard Rformula mechanism.

Usage

buildData(formula, na.rm = TRUE, return.class = "zoo")

Arguments

formula

an object of class formula (or one that can be coerced to that class): a symbolic description of the desired output data object, with the dependent side corresponding to first column, and the independent parameters o

na.rm

drop rows with missing values?

return.class

one of "zoo","data.frame","ts","its","timeSeries"

Value

• An object of class return.class.

Details

Makes available for use outside the quantmod workflow a dataset of appropriately transformed variables, using the same mechanism underlying specifyModel. Offers the ability to apply transformations to raw data using a common formula mechanism, without having to explicitly merge different data objects.

Interally calls specifyModel followed by modelData, with the returned object being coerced to the desired 'return.class' if possible, otherwise returns a zoo object.

See getSymbols and specifyModel for more information regarding proper usage.

See Also

getSymbols, specifyModel, modelData

Examples

buildData(Next(OpCl(DIA)) ~ Lag(TBILL) + I(Lag(OpHi(DIA))^2))
  buildData(Next(OpCl(DIA)) ~ Lag(TBILL), na.rm=FALSE)
  buildData(Next(OpCl(DIA)) ~ Lag(TBILL), na.rm=FALSE, return.class="ts")