For a given column in a dataframe, I want to construct a new vector which for each point consists of the average of the points on either side. However for the last observation it will instead be the second to last. And for the first observation it will be second. I wrote this R code to solve the issue, however I am calling it repeatedly and it is extremely slow. Can someone give some tips on how to do it more efficiently? Thanks.For a given column in a dataframe, I want to co