Delete the first non-na observation

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saranya
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Delete the first non-na observation

Postby saranya » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:01 am

Hi,

Is there a way to delete the first non-na observation from a series?

Thanks in advance,
Saranya
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EViews Gareth
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Re: Delete the first non-na observation

Postby EViews Gareth » Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:32 am

Delete as in remove from workfile, or delete as in remove the value and turn it into an NA?
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saranya
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Re: Delete the first non-na observation

Postby saranya » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:44 pm

turning it to NA
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EViews Gareth
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Re: Delete the first non-na observation

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:57 am

Code: Select all

y = @recode(@date=@dateval(y.@first), na, y)
where Y is the series.
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