#320 subsample setting

[Korosi Gabor]

I wanted to change the sample by set range. I was not allowed to. I had to restructure the dataset. When the sample started at 1, I could select a subsample.

[Allin Cottrell]

Gretl is getting confused by the fact that the observation numbers start at 5245. However, in principle that shouldn't be a problem. The confusion is now fixed in git, and new snapshots will follow before long.

BTW you could convert this dataset so that its 5-day daily structure is recognized via the following little script. The --omit-obs option to the store command ensures that the dates appear in the first column of tsx.csv, where they will be understood by gretl's open command as giving time-series information.

open TSX.gdt
store tsx.csv --omit-obs
open tsx.csv
store TSX_fixed.gdt

[Allin Cottrell]

Hi Gábor,

I understand what you want, but that's exactly what gretl does by
default. If you do what I suggested you'll find that no missing values
are inserted. Gretl will report "Daily (5 days, incomplete)" but that
just means "incomplete" relative to a full 5-days-per-week calendar,
which is common with financial market data. We do offer the option of
inserting missing values, via

dataset pad-daily 5

but we assume that most of the time that's not what users will want.
I'm attaching a time-series plot; note that no missing values (gaps in
the lines) are to be seen.

Allin

On Sat, Aug 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM Gabor Korosi korosi.g@t-online.hu wrote:

Dear Allin,

I do not want to have missing values in the time series.
The sample is continuous for trading days.
I do not want to have gaps for days when the Canadian market was
not open.

Regards,
Gábor