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RE: st: How to set a year index?
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: How to set a year index?
Date
Fri, 20 May 2011 18:01:35 +0100
You are correct. I misquoted your code; a posting that crossed with this one pointed out that mistake and apologised for it. Sorry again,
Nick
[email protected]
Oliver Jones
Am 20.05.2011 17:24, schrieb Nick Cox:
> We're talking style, and long ago wise people warned de gustibus non est disputandum.
>
> But, sincerely...
>
> How does the extra code make it easier to understand? The presumption is that a reader needs the clue
>
> local mean = r(mean)
>
> to realise that r(mean) contains the mean. Really???
There is a huge difference between your example here and my code!
The "mean" in the case at hand is just the single value of price in the year 2005
which serves as the base value and thus using the scalar base_value makes this very clear!
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
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