Description Usage Arguments Value Examples
Written in C++, this function should always run faster than
diff
for calculating lagged differences for a numeric
vector. For integer vectors, diff_i
should run even faster.
even faster.
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x |
Numeric vector. |
lag |
Integer value. |
Numeric vector.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | # In general, diff_n is much faster than diff
x <- rnorm(1000)
all.equal(diff(x, 2), diff_n(x, 2))
benchmark(diff(x, 2), diff_n(x, 2), replications = 2000)
# For integer vectors, diff_i should be even faster
x <- rpois(1000, lambda = 5)
all.equal(diff(x, 2), diff_i(x, 2))
benchmark(diff(x, 2), diff_n(x, 2), diff_i(x, 2), replications = 2000)
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