qdiff.m

function o = qdiff(o)

% Computes quaterly differences.
%
% INPUTS
% - o   [dseries]
%
% OUTPUTS
% - o   [dseries]

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o = copy(o);
o.qdiff_();

return % --*-- Unit tests --*--

%@test:1
try
    data = transpose(0:1:50);
    ts = dseries(data,'1950Q1');
    ds = ts.qdiff();
    t(1) = 1;
catch
    t(1) = 0;
end

if t(1)
    DATA = NaN(1,ds.vobs);
    DATA = [DATA; ones(ds.nobs-1,ds.vobs)];
    t(2) = dassert(ds.data, DATA, 1e-15);
    t(3) = dassert(ts.data, data, 1e-15);
end

T = all(t);
%@eof:1