User guide

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belabeledfor2-Dtimeseriesgraphs.

TocreateabasictimeseriesplotinGAUSS,youwillusetheplotTSfunction.Inaddi-

tiontotheydatatoplot,thisfunctionrequiresthefollowinginputs:

dstart

Scalar,thestartingdateofthetimeseriesinDT

scalarformat.

frequency

Scalar,thefrequencyofthedataperyear.Valid

optionsinclude:

12 Monthly

4 Quarterly

1 Yearly data

Example

//Data to plot

y = rndu(24, 1);

//Start the series in January of 1987

dstart = 1987;

//Specify the data as monthly

freq = 12;

//Plot the data

plotTS(dstart, freq, y);

TheexampleprogramabovewillcreateagraphofmonthlydatafromJanuaryof1987

throughDecemberof1988.Itshouldlooksimilartothegraphbelow:

GAUSS Graphics