Description Usage Arguments Value Examples
Calculates differences between subsequent (or lagged) elements of a vector.
Very similar to diff
, but written in C++.
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x |
Numeric vector. |
lag |
Numeric value (e.g. 2 for differences between 1st and 3rd element, 2nd and 4th, ...). |
Numeric vector.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | # Generate 1 million values from Poisson(3) distribution
x <- rpois(100000, 3)
# Calculate vector of differences between subsequent values
y <- diffs(x)
# Could get same result from base R function diff
z <- diff(x)
all.equal(y, z)
# But diffs is faster
benchmark(diffs(x), diff(x), replications = 100)
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