f.hourly {tdata}

Create an 'Hourly' Frequency

Description

Use this function to create a frequency for time-series data that occurs hourly in a day or a subset of a week.

Usage

f.hourly(day, hour)

Arguments

day

A 'Day-based' object of class ldtf, such as Daily or Daily-In-Week.

hour

The index of the hour in the day, which should be between 1 and 24.

Details

In order to use the as.frequency function for this type of frequency, you need the following information:

• Character Format: "YYYYMMDD:#" (where # represents the value of hour)

• Class Id: ho|... (where '...' represents the 'class id' of day)

Value

An object of class ldtf. It is also a list with the following members:

class

Determines the class of this frequency.

day

Determines the day.

hour

Determines the hour.

Examples

ho0 <- f.hourly(f.daily(c(2023,5,16)),4)

ho0_value_str <-  as.character(ho0) # this will be '20230516:4'.
ho0_class_str <- get.class.id(ho0)
#    this will be 'ho|d'. The second part (i.e., 'd')
#    shows that this frequency is defined in a 'Daily' frequency.

ho_new <- as.frequency("20231101:3", "ho|i:wed-sat")

# Don't make the following mistakes:

ho_invalid <- try(as.frequency("20231101:3", "ho|j:wed-sat"))
#  invalid format in day-based frequency
ho_invalid <- try(f.hourly(f.daily(c(2023,5,16)),25)) # invalid hour