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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} \begin{itemize}
\myitem Based on an implementation for handling dates (\texttt{dates}) \myitem Based on an implementation for handling dates (\texttt{dates})
\end{itemize} \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 \myitem Currently only used for reporting, though use will increase with time
(\textit{e.g.,} to be included in new estimation code) (\textit{e.g.,} to be included in new estimation code)
\myitem Compatible with all setups that are supported by Dynare \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{ndat}}}: The number of dates
\myitem{\textbf{\texttt{time}}}: An \texttt{ndat$\times$2} matrix; the 1\textsuperscript{st} col is the year and the 2\textsuperscript{nd} col is the period \myitem{\textbf{\texttt{time}}}: An \texttt{ndat$\times$2} matrix; the 1\textsuperscript{st} col is the year and the 2\textsuperscript{nd} col is the period
\end{itemize} \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} \begin{alltt}
>> dd.freq = 12; >> dd.freq = 12;
\end{alltt} \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{itemize}
\end{frame} \end{frame}
@ -355,9 +349,9 @@ would be transformed into
union(a, b) union(a, b)
ans = <dates: 1990Q1, 1990Q2, ..., 1991Q2, 1991Q3> ans = <dates: 1990Q1, 1990Q2, ..., 1991Q2, 1991Q3>
\end{alltt} \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} \begin{alltt}
>> unique(a) >> a.unique()
ans = <dates: 1990Q2, 1990Q3, 1990Q4, 1991Q1, 1990Q1> ans = <dates: 1990Q2, 1990Q3, 1990Q4, 1991Q1, 1990Q1>
\end{alltt} \end{alltt}
\end{itemize} \end{itemize}