Multiply previous row value by constant R

Question

Have a simple R question but cannot seem to find an answer:

I have a data frame like this:

assumption_val year
1.2            2015
0              201         


        

Answer 1

data <- read.table(textConnection("
    assumption_val year
    1.2            2015
    0              2016
    0              2017
    0              2018
    0              2019"), header = TRUE)

data$assumption_val <- data$assumption_val[1]^(1:nrow(data))

data
##   assumption_val year
## 1        1.20000 2015
## 2        1.44000 2016
## 3        1.72800 2017
## 4        2.07360 2018
## 5        2.48832 2019