parse_period: Parse a character period specification

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Parse a character period specification

Description

The period is parsed into frequency and period and returned as a named list.

Usage

parse_period(period)

Arguments

period

A character specification used for time-based grouping. The general format to use is "frequency period" where frequency is a number like 1 or 2, and period is an interval like weekly or yearly. There must be a space between the two. Note that you can pass the specification in a flexible way: 1 Year: '1 year' / '1 Y' This shorthand is available for year, quarter, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond and microsecond periodicities. Additionally, you have the option of passing in a vector of dates to use as custom and more flexible boundaries.

Examples

parse_period('2 day')

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