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Function Reference: M
@mav
Rolling (Moving) Statistics
Trailing moving
averages (ignore NAs).
n
-period trailing moving averages
, ignoring NAs
.
Syntax:
@mav
(
x, n)
x
: series
n
integer, series
Return: series
For each observation
and integer
, compute the average () using the current and previous
observations of the series,
and ignoring missing values (NAs).
If
n
is not an integer, the integer floor
will be used.
Examples
show @mav(x, 12)
produces a linked series of the moving average of the series
x
where NAs are ignored.
Cross-references
See also
@mavc
for a centered moving average.
For the NA-propagating variant of this function, see
@movav
.