On Thu, 25 Dec 2008, Terry Therneau wrote:
The following code works in Splus but not in R
coxph <- function(formula, data, weights, subset, na.action,
init, control, method= c("efron", "breslow", "exact"),
singular.ok =TRUE, robust=FALSE,
model=FALSE, x=FALSE, y=TRUE, ...) {
method <- match.arg(method)
Call <- match.call()
# create a call to model.frame() that contains the formula (required)
# and any other of the relevant optional arguments
# then evaluate it in the proper frame
temp <- call('model.frame', formula=formula)
for (i in c("data", "weights", "subset", "na.action")) #add optional args
if (!is.null(Call[[i]])) temp[[i]] <- Call[[i]]
if (is.R()) m <- eval(temp, parent.frame())
else m <- eval(temp, sys.parent())
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The problem is that the names ('data', 'weights', etc) do no propogate over
to temp, the new call object. It looks like an oversight in the replacement
method.
if (!is.null(Call[[i]])) temp[ i ] <- Call[[i]]
should do it in R at least.
HTH,
Chuck
Priority: low. I have other code forms that work in both dialets.
I created this when teaching an internal class on S programming; the goal
was to make what was happening as transparent as possible. If anyone has
something that they think is even better from a teaching point of view I'd
be delighted to see it.
Terry T.
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