indConstruct: Construct indices
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indConstruct

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Construct indices

Description

A function for constructing indices

Usage

indConstruct(data, origVar, newVarName = NA, baseYear = 2000)

Arguments

`data`	The data frame containing the data
`origVar`	The variable in which the indices is to be computed
`newVarName`	The name assigned to the new variable, if missing then .SC/.SH/.GR/.CH/.IND will be appended depending on the type of construction.
`baseYear`	The year which will serve as the base

Value

The indice

Examples

test.df = data.frame(FAOST_CODE = rep(1, 100), Year = 1901:2000,
                      test = 1:100)
indConstruct(test.df, origVar = "test", baseYear = 1950)

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