RainbowStats™ · Statistics commands

BEG_VALUE

Return the first series value.

Syntax

BEG_VALUE(series)

Example or template

BEG_VALUE(INDPRO)

Details

Requires a single series and calls getBeginningValue. Date outputs are NumberOperator values in YYYYMMDD form. Ties and missing observations retain the installed series implementation’s behavior.

Model validation and rendering follow the installed implementation. Object placeholders such as DENSITY refer to variables you supply.