Mort2Dsmooth_checker: Check Arguments for Function Mort2Dsmooth
In MortalitySmooth: Smoothing and Forecasting Poisson Counts with P-Splines

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This is an internal function of package MortalitySmooth which checks whether the arguments given in the function Mort2Dsmooth have proper lengths and suitability.

Mort2Dsmooth_checker(x, y, Z, offset, W,
                     overdispersion,
                     ndx, deg, pord, lambdas,
                     df, method, coefstart,
                     control)

`x`	vector for the abscissa of data.
`y`	vector for the ordinate of data.
`Z`	matrix of counts response.
`offset`	matrix with an a priori known component.
`W`	an optional matrix of weights to be used in the fitting process.
`overdispersion`	logical on the accounting for overdisperion.
`ndx`	vector with the number of internal knots -1 for each axis.
`deg`	vector with the degree of the B-splines for each axis.
`pord`	vector with the order of differences for each axis.
`lambdas`	vector with smoothing parameters, possibly one for axis.
`df`	a number which specifies the degrees of freedom.
`method`	the method for controlling the amount of smoothing.
`coefstart`	a matrix with the eventual starting coefficients.
`control`	a list of control parameters.