EXAMPLE
x = reshape([1:35],'1978q1') // ceate a quarterly ts y = q2m(x) // gives a montly ts, from 1978m1 to 2012m12 with values 1 for all months of the first quarter of year 1978, // 2 for all months of the second quarter of year 1979... |  |  |
expand a quarterly series into a monthly one
tsout=q2m(tsin)
* tsin = a quarterly time series
* option = an integer, between -1 and 12:
. -1 if each monthly value is equal to the quarterly one (default if the argument is not given)
. 0 if each monthly value is equal to the quarterly one divided by 3
. n if the value of the n-th month is equal to the quarterly one and the others are set to %nan
* tsout = the corresponding monthly time series
x = reshape([1:35],'1978q1') // ceate a quarterly ts y = q2m(x) // gives a montly ts, from 1978m1 to 2012m12 with values 1 for all months of the first quarter of year 1978, // 2 for all months of the second quarter of year 1979... | | |