quarterIndex: Generate an index of quarters

In IndexNumR: Index Number Calculation

Description

A function to create a quarter index variable

Usage

quarterIndex(x)

Arguments

x	A vector or column of dates

Examples

# given a vector of dates
df <- data.frame(date = as.Date(c("2017-01-01","2017-04-01","2017-07-01","2017-08-01"),
format = "%Y-%m-%d"))
# calculate the time period variable
df$period <- quarterIndex(df$date)
df

IndexNumR documentation built on Feb. 7, 2022, 5:09 p.m.