setclass

Sets the class of an object in place to <code>cl</code>
by replacing or adding

Enables computation of epidemiological statistics, including
those where counts or mortality rates of the reference population are
used. Currently supported: excess hazard models (Dickman, Sloggett,
Hills, and Hakulinen (2012) <doi:10.1002/sim.1597>), rates, mean
survival times, relative/net survival (in particular the Ederer II
(Ederer and Heise (1959)) and Pohar Perme (Pohar Perme, Stare, and
Esteve (2012) <doi:10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01640.x>) estimators), and
standardized incidence and mortality ratios, all of which can be
easily adjusted for by covariates such as age. Fast splitting and
aggregation of 'Lexis' objects (from package 'Epi') and other
computations achieved using 'data.table'.

Joonas Miettinen

popEpi

Functions for Epidemiological Analysis using Population Data

Matti Rantanen

Karri Seppa

setclass function

<dl><dt>obj</dt>
<dd>and object for which to set class</dd>
<dt>cl</dt>
<dd>class to set</dd>
<dt>add</dt>
<dd>if <code>TRUE</code>, adds <code>cl</code> to the 
classes of the <code>obj</code>; otherwise replaces the class information</dd>
<dt>add.place</dt>
<dd><code>"first"</code> or <code>"last"</code>; adds <code>cl</code>
to the front or to the back of the <code>obj</code>'s class vector</dd></dl>

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Set the class of an object (convenience function for
 setattr(obj, "class", CLASS)); can add instead of replace — setclass

<dl>

<dt>obj</dt>
<dd>and object for which to set class</dd>


<dt>cl</dt>
<dd>class to set</dd>


<dt>add</dt>
<dd>if <code>TRUE</code>, adds <code>cl</code> to the 
classes of the <code>obj</code>; otherwise replaces the class information</dd>


<dt>add.place</dt>
<dd><code>"first"</code> or <code>"last"</code>; adds <code>cl</code>
to the front or to the back of the <code>obj</code>'s class vector</dd>

</dl>

setclass: Set the class of an object (convenience function for `setattr(obj, "class", CLASS)`); can add instead of replace

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