eha (version 2.4-6)

cro: Creates a minimal representation of a data frame.

Description

Given a data frame with a defined response variable, this function creates a unique representation of the covariates in the data frame, vector (matrix) of responses, and a pointer vector, connecting the responses with the corresponding covariates.

Usage

cro(dat, response=1)

Arguments

dat

A data frame

response

The column(s) where the response resides.

Value

A list with components

y

The response.

covar

A data frame with unique rows of covariates.

keys

Pointers from y to covar, connecting each response with its covariate vector.

Details

The rows in the data frame are converted to text strings with paste and compared with match.

See Also

match, paste

Examples

# NOT RUN {
dat <- data.frame(y = c(1.1, 2.3, 0.7), x1 = c(1, 0, 1), x2 = c(0, 1, 0))
cro(dat)
# }