freqnum (Financial Time Series)

Convert string frequency indicator to numeric frequency indicator

Syntax

nfreq = freqnum(sfreq)

Arguments

sfreq
UNKNOWN, Unknown, unknown, U, u
DAILY, Daily, daily, D, d
WEEKLY, Weekly, weekly, W, w
MONTHLY, Monthly, monthly, M, m
QUARTERLY, Quarterly, quarterly, Q, q
SEMIANNUAL, Semiannual, semiannual, S, s
ANNUAL, Annual, annual, A, a

`sfreq`	`UNKNOWN`, `Unknown`, `unknown`, `U`, `u` `DAILY`, `Daily`, `daily`, `D`, `d` `WEEKLY`, `Weekly`, `weekly`, `W`, `w` `MONTHLY`, `Monthly`, `monthly`, `M`, `m` `QUARTERLY`, `Quarterly`, `quarterly`, `Q`, `q` `SEMIANNUAL`, `Semiannual`, `semiannual`, `S`, `s` `ANNUAL`, `Annual`, `annual`, `A`, `a`

Description

nfreq = freqnum(sfreq) converts a string frequency indicator into a numeric value.

String Frequency Indicator
Numeric Representation

UNKNOWN, Unknown, unknown, U, u
0

DAILY, Daily, daily, D, d
1

WEEKLY, Weekly, weekly, W, w
2

MONTHLY, Monthly, monthly, M, m
3

QUARTERLY, Quarterly, quarterly, Q, q
4

SEMIANNUAL, Semiannual, semiannual, S, s
5

ANNUAL, Annual, annual, A, a
6

String Frequency Indicator	Numeric Representation
`UNKNOWN`, `Unknown`, `unknown`, `U`, `u`	`0`
`DAILY`, `Daily`, `daily`, `D`, `d`	`1`
`WEEKLY`, `Weekly`, `weekly`, `W`, `w`	`2`
`MONTHLY`, `Monthly`, `monthly`, `M`, `m`	`3`
`QUARTERLY`, `Quarterly`, `quarterly`, `Q`, `q`	`4`
`SEMIANNUAL`, `Semiannual`, `semiannual`, `S`, `s`	`5`
`ANNUAL`, `Annual`, `annual`, `A`, `a`	`6`

See Also

freqstr

fpctkd freqstr