lagratio: Ratio of lagged observations.

Description

Computes the ratio of lagged observations in a vector.

Usage

lagratio(x, lag = 1L, recursion = 1L, differences = recursion, direction = c("backward", "forward"), ...)

Arguments

A numeric vector or matrix.

lag

An integer representing the lag ‘distance’.

recursion

An integeer that indicates the level of recursion for the calculations. A 1 will simply compute the ratios. A 2, for example, will compute the ratios, save the result, and then compute the ratios of the results using the same lag. See examples.

differences

Same as recursion. Used for symmetry with diff.

direction

A string that indicates the direction of calculation. A "backward" induicates that ‘latter’ values are divided by ‘former’ values. A "forward" induicates that ‘former’ values are divided by ‘latter’ values. See examples.

...

Additional arguments to diff().

Value

A vector or matrix of lagged ratios.

Details

This function behaves similarly to diff() except that it returns a vector or matrix of ratios rather than differences.

Examples

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## Backward lagged ratios
# no recursion
lagratio(1:10,1)
lagratio(1:10,2)
# with recursion
lagratio(1:10,1,2)
lagratio(1:10,2,2)

## Forward lagged ratios
# no recursion
lagratio(10:1,1,direction="forward")
lagratio(10:1,2,direction="forward")
# with recursion
lagratio(10:1,1,2,direction="forward")
lagratio(10:1,2,2,direction="forward")