[R] Relative subscripting

[(Ted Harding)]

On 01-Dec-04 Uwe Ligges wrote:
> (Ted Harding) wrote:
>> [...]
>> Let
>> 
>>   N<-length(return)
>>   new.var <- return[2:N]*marketcap[1:(N-1)]
> 
> Ted, I aggree to all of your points, but we can simplify by negative 
> indices (and hence circumvent your note 1):
>   return[-1] * marketcap[-N]
> 
> Uwe Ligges

Neat footwork, Uwe!
(Why didn;t I think of that? No, don't answer ... )
Ted.


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