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scidb (version 1.2-0)

diff.scidb: diff

Description

Apply a finite difference operator to a numeric series.

Usage

"diff"(x,lag=1,...)

Arguments

x
A scidb object with a numeric attribute.
lag
An intereger lag value (see description).
...
Optional arguments, not used.

Value

If 'x' is a vector of length 'n' and starting index 1, then the computed result is equal to the difference 'x[(1+lag):n] - x[1:(n-lag)]'.If 'x' is a matrix then the difference operations are carried out on each column separately.SciDB missing (NULL) and NaN values propagate.