# START # input data: t <- seq.Date(from=as.Date("2020-01-01"), to=as.Date("2023-12-01"), by="1 month") p <- rnorm(n=length(t), mean=100, sd=5) # current index p.new <- p+rnorm(n=length(p), mean=0, sd=1) # new index p[25:48] <- NA # current index stops in 2021 res1 <- c(p[1:24], (p.new*p[t=="2021-12-01"]/p.new[t=="2021-12-01"])[25:48]) res2 <- c(p[1:24], (p.new*mean(p[format(t,"%Y")=="2021"])/mean(p.new[format(t,"%Y")=="2021"]))[25:48]) res3 <- c(p[1:24], (p.new*mean(p[format(t,"%Y")=="2022"])/mean(p.new[format(t,"%Y")=="2022"]))[25:48]) expect_equal( 24+2, ncol(link(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=NULL)) ) expect_equal( as.matrix(data.table("2021-12"=res1, "2021"=res2, "2022"=res3)), suppressMessages(link(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=c("2021-12","2021","2022"))) ) expect_equal( res3, suppressMessages(link(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap="2022")) ) lsf1 <- p[t=="2021-12-01"]/p.new[t=="2021-12-01"] lsf2 <- (mean(p[format(t,"%Y")=="2021"])/mean(p.new[format(t,"%Y")=="2021"])) lsf3 <- (mean(p[format(t,"%Y")=="2022"])/mean(p.new[format(t,"%Y")=="2022"])) expect_equal( 24+2, length(lsf(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=NULL)) ) expect_equal( c("2021"=lsf2/lsf1, "9999"=NA, "2022"=lsf3/lsf1), lsf(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=c("2021","9999","2022")) ) # no overlap periods available: p.new[1:24] <- NA # new index starts in 2022 expect_equal( p, suppressMessages(link(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=NULL)) ) expect_equal( p, suppressMessages(link(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap="2022")) ) expect_equal( NA_real_, lsf(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=NULL) ) expect_equal( c("2022"=NA_real_, "2022-12"=NA_real_), lsf(x=p, x.new=p.new, t=t, t.overlap=c("2022","2022-12")) ) # END