zoo objects can have one column with a heading and convert back faithfully to ts:
> library(zoo) > as.zoo(x)[, 1, drop = FALSE] Juan 1(1) -0.37415224 1(2) -0.30875111 1(3) -0.02617545 1(4) -0.45053564 2(1) 0.15173749 2(2) 1.38545761 2(3) 2.11594058 2(4) -0.84970010 3(1) -0.05944844 3(2) 1.27543030 > tsp(x) [1] 1.00 3.25 4.00 > tsp(as.ts(as.zoo(x))) [1] 1.00 3.25 4.00 On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM, David Stoffer <dsstof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Suppose I have multiple time series with names for each one, for example, > > x <- ts(matrix(rnorm(30,0,1),10,3), names=c("Juan", "Tuey", "Trey"), > frequency=4) > > So now, as I start to explore these series, if I do everything at once, the > names > stay attached to the series. For example, > plot(x) # gives a plot of the series with their names > acf(x) # gives the ACFs & CCFs with names attached > > But if I want to explore what's going on with Juan, from what I can gather, > I have to do something like this > plot(x[,1]) > (or acf(x[,1])... or similar things) but this doesn't keep the name Juan. > > My question: Is there a way, without making a data frame [which seems to > destroy the > time series attributes(??) - this seems to be the only answer I can find on > Rhelp] > that allows me to keep track of the names? That way, for example, I don't > have to > remember that the 18th series is Martha. > > x$Juan, x$Tuey, x$Trey, would be nice ... but that doesn't work. > > Thanks in advance. > > > ----- > The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism > by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Multiple-time-series-and-their-names-tp25725411p25725411.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.