addIndicators: Utility to add indicators from a data-frame based on a...

In biostat3: Utility Functions, Datasets and Extended Examples for Survival Analysis

Utility to add indicators from a data-frame based on a formula.

Description

Column-bind a model matrix to the source data-frame

Usage

addIndicators(data, formula, drop.intercept = TRUE)

Arguments

data	source data-frame or matrix.
formula	model formula used to add columns.
drop.intercept	logical as to whether to drop the column named '(Intercept)'.

Details

This function calls model.matrix, conditionally checks for and removes '(Intercept)', and binds with the original data-frame (or matrix).

Value

data-frame or matrix.

Examples

addIndicators(data.frame(f = c("a","a","b")), ~f+0)

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