quantmod (version 0.2-5)

first: Return First or Last Element of Data

Description

A simple generic function to return the first or last element or row of a vector or two-dimensional data object.

Usage

first(x,...)
last(x,...)
## S3 method for class 'default':
first(x,...)
## S3 method for class 'default':
last(x,...)

Arguments

x

1 or 2 dimensional data object

...

additional args - unused

Value

• A one element/row data object

Details

A simple wrapper to extract the first or last element of an object.

Examples

first(1:100)
last(1:100)

data(LakeHuron)
first(LakeHuron)
last(LakeHuron)