[R] as.formula doesn't want to take a phrase

[Dimitri Liakhovitski]

Makes sense, Marc - thanks a lot!

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am trying to create a formula object using as.formula. But it's not working:
>>
>> examplephraze<-"for.my.example"
>> myformula<-as.formula(paste(examplephraze,"~group, sum, data=mydata",sep=""))
>>
>> What's the problem?
>> Thanks a lot!
>
>
> The actual 'formula' part consists *only* of the actual model specification formula (LHS ~ RHS), not the additional arguments to a model function or other function that takes a formula as an argument (eg. boxplot()).
>
> Thus:
>
> myformula <- as.formula(paste(examplephraze,"~group"))
>
>> myformula
> for.my.example ~ group
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
>



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