Replace NA with last non-NA value in series

[elias41]

Hi,

is there an efficient way to exchange all NAs with the respective last non-NA value in a series?

Looping through all elements does not seem too promising from an efficient point of view.

[EViews Gareth]

Code: Select all

x = @recode(x=na, @last(x), x)

[elias41]

great - works! Many thanks.