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Delete the first non-na observation
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:01 am
by saranya
Hi,
Is there a way to delete the first non-na observation from a series?
Thanks in advance,
Saranya
Re: Delete the first non-na observation
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:32 am
by EViews Gareth
Delete as in remove from workfile, or delete as in remove the value and turn it into an NA?
Re: Delete the first non-na observation
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:44 pm
by saranya
turning it to NA
Re: Delete the first non-na observation
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:57 am
by EViews Gareth
Code: Select all
y = @recode(@date=@dateval(y.@first), na, y)
where Y is the series.