[R] Vector of weekly dates starting with a given date

Dimitri Liakhovitski dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 22:13:52 CET 2011


I realize I can do something like this:
date<-20081229
mydates<-as.Date(as.character(date),"%Y%m%d")
for(i in 1:52){  #
  mydates<-c(mydates,mydates[length(mydates)]+7)
}

I just thought maybe there is a more elegant way...
Thank you!
Dimitri


On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Dimitri Liakhovitski
<dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a date (a Monday):
>
> date<-20081229
> mydates<-as.Date(as.character(date),"%Y%m%d")
>
> What package would allow me to create a vector that starts with that
> date (mydates) and contains dates for 51 Mondays that follow it (so,
> basically, 51 dates separated by a week)?
>
> Thanks a lot for the pointer!
>
> --
> Dimitri Liakhovitski
> Ninah Consulting
> www.ninah.com
>



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Dimitri Liakhovitski
Ninah Consulting
www.ninah.com



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