Hi Mat, You might be able to use the matrix method to get what you want. head.matrix(EuStockMarkets)
-Ista On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, mat <matthieu.stig...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have a few problems with tail/head when applied to multiple time series. > I'm not sure as whether I did not understand the function or whether it > correspond to an unexpected behavior. > > When head(a,n) is applied on data.frame or matrix, it returns a data-frame > or matrix with first n obs of *each* variable. When applied to a mts object, > it returns first n obs of *first* variable only, not of all... The same for > tail(). See: > > head(freeny) > ###mts object > head(EuStockMarkets) > #is equivalent to: > head(EuStockMarkets[,1]) > > I guess it comes from absence of a head method for mts. Does it seem > reasonable to have also a head.mts or did I misunderstand something? > > Thanks > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.