Does your code work if you omit the match.call step? terms()
generally doesn't need that. Also, do not call terms.formula(formula):
call just terms(formula). The terms method appropriate to the class
of the formula will be used.
> f1 <- function(formula, ...) {
+ terms(formula, ...)
+ }
> form <- as.formula("y ~ x1 + Error(x2)")
> f1(form, specials="Error")
y ~ x1 + Error(x2)
attr(,"variables")
list(y, x1, Error(x2))
attr(,"factors")
x1 Error(x2)
y 0 0
x1 1 0
Error(x2) 0 1
attr(,"term.labels")
[1] "x1" "Error(x2)"
attr(,"specials")
attr(,"specials")$Error
[1] 3
attr(,"order")
[1] 1 1
attr(,"intercept")
[1] 1
attr(,"response")
[1] 1
attr(,".Environment")
<environment: R_GlobalEnv>
Bill Dunlap
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Subject: [R] question on formula and terms.formula()
I'm trying to create a formula object to pass on to a function that
applies the function terms.formula() to it.
f <- function(formula, ...)
{
...
mf <- match.call()
term <- terms.formula(mf$formula)
...
}
However, my code below gives an error.
form <- as.formula("y~x")
f(form, ...)
The error message was:
Error in terms.formula(mf$formula): argument is not a valid model.
Could anybody help me figure out the problem and find a solution here?
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