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doc: more dates-related changes to slides

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Houtan Bastani 2014-05-27 14:54:28 +02:00
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doc/dseries-and-reporting/dseriesReporting.tex
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\begin{itemize}
\myitem Based on an implementation for handling dates (\texttt{dates})
\end{itemize}
\myitem Introduced in Dynare 4.4
\myitem Beta version in Dynare 4.4. Mature version ready in Dynare 4.5
\myitem Currently only used for reporting, though use will increase with time
(\textit{e.g.,} to be included in new estimation code)
\myitem Compatible with all setups that are supported by Dynare
@ -174,16 +174,10 @@ X =
\myitem{\textbf{\texttt{ndat}}}: The number of dates
\myitem{\textbf{\texttt{time}}}: An \texttt{ndat$\times$2} matrix; the 1\textsuperscript{st} col is the year and the 2\textsuperscript{nd} col is the period
\end{itemize}
\myitem Date members cannot be modified. Thus, this is not allowed:
\myitem \texttt{dseries} members cannot be modified. Thus, this is not allowed:
\begin{alltt}
>> dd.freq = 12;
\end{alltt}
\myitem Can index a \texttt{dates} object. If \texttt{t} is a \texttt{dates} object, then
\begin{itemize}
\myitem \texttt{t(1) \% refers to the first date}
\myitem \texttt{t(1:3) \% refers to the first three dates}
\myitem \texttt{t([1,4,5]) \% refers to the first, fourth, and fifth dates}
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@ -355,9 +349,9 @@ would be transformed into
union(a, b)
ans = <dates: 1990Q1, 1990Q2, ..., 1991Q2, 1991Q3>
\end{alltt}
\myitem \texttt{unique}: removes repititions from set (keeps last unique value)
\myitem \texttt{unique()}: removes repititions from set (keeps last unique value)
\begin{alltt}
>> unique(a)
>> a.unique()
ans = <dates: 1990Q2, 1990Q3, 1990Q4, 1991Q1, 1990Q1>
\end{alltt}
\end{itemize}