calc_index

Index numeric vector to first value. By default, the index base will be 0,
turning regular values into percentage change. In some cases, you may want to index
to a different base, like 100, such as if you're looking at financial data.

Core functions necessary for using The Globe and Mail's R data journalism template, 'startr', along with utilities for day-to-day data journalism tasks, such as reading and writing files, producing graphics and cleaning up datasets.

Tom Cardoso

upstartr

Utilities Powering the Globe and Mail's Data Journalism Template

Michael Pereira

The Globe and Mail Inc. 

calc_index function

<dl><dt>m</dt>
<dd>Numeric vector to index to first value.</dd>
<dt>base</dt>
<dd>Base to index against. (Default: 0)</dd></dl>

Arguments

Index values — calc_index

<dl>

<dt>m</dt>
<dd>Numeric vector to index to first value.</dd>


<dt>base</dt>
<dd>Base to index against. (Default: 0)</dd>

</dl>

calc_index: Index values

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