[R] Use of Lexis function to convert survival data to counting format

[Robert A. LaBudde]

I'm trying to convert a dataset from the time-independent analysis form

 > head(addicts)
   id clinic status survtime prison meth clinic01
1  1      1      1      428      0   50        1
2  2      1      1      275      1   55        1
3  3      1      1      262      0   55        1

into the "counting data format" necessary to perform extended Cox regression.

I got survSplit() to work, but it appears to have a problem with end 
times on the boundaries of the intervals. (My intervals are [0,183], 
[184,365], [366,548], [549,730], [730,Inf]). I looked in the 
searchable archives and found that others had also discovered 
problems with survSplit() and suggested Lexis() in the Epi package.

When I try to get Lexis to work, I get an error message that I cannot 
interpret:

 > 
addictscdf<-Lexis(entry=start,exit=stop,fail='status',breaks=c(184,366,549,730),
+   include=c('id','clinic','prison','meth','clinic01'),data=addicts)

         The following object(s) are masked from addicts :

          clinic id meth prison status survtime

Error: object is not subsettable


I'm sure I'm making some type of trivial error here, but I don't know 
how to find it. I would guess that it has something to do with 
'start' and 'stop', of which arguments I am apparently clueless as to 
the meaning.
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