Hmisc (version 4.1-0)

units: Units Attribute of a Vector

Description

Sets or retrieves the "units" attribute of an object. For units.default replaces the builtin version, which only works for time series objects. If the variable is also given a label, subsetting (using [.labelled) will retain the "units" attribute. For a Surv object, units first looks for an overall "units" attribute, then it looks for units for the time2 variable then for time1.

Usage

units(x, …)
# S3 method for default
units(x, none='', …)
# S3 method for Surv
units(x, none='', …)
# S3 method for default
units(x) <- value

Arguments

x

any object

…

ignored

value

the units of the object, or ""

none

value to which to set result if no appropriate attribute is found

Value

the units attribute of x, if any; otherwise, the units attribute of the tspar attribute of x if any; otherwise the value none. Handling for Surv objects is different (see above).

See Also

label

Examples

# NOT RUN {
fail.time <- c(10,20)
units(fail.time) <- "Day"
describe(fail.time)
S <- Surv(fail.time)
units(S)

label(fail.time) <- 'Failure Time'
fail.time
# }