Category

Cross-Sectional Functions

Description

#DVFPad is a special Data Section tag that looks like a cross-sectional function name but is not one.

This tag specifies that a #DataValueFile item should "pad" the data array for this item by populating missing values with 0 rather than nan.

Example

MySparseData: #DataValueFile #DVFPad

After importing all specified DataValueFile (no #) CSV files, loop over each #DVFPad item and replace every nan (missing value) with 0.

Notes

#DVFAlign can be specified in combination with #DVFPad if desired.

#DVFFill can be used instead of #DVFPad to fill missing values with the last found value rather than with 0s.

See DataValueFile Items for a more complete description of this feature.

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