caret (version 4.20)

format.bagEarth: Format 'bagEarth' objects

Description

Return a string representing the bagEarth expression.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'bagEarth':
format(x, file = "", cat = TRUE, \dots)

Arguments

x

An bagEarth object. This is the only required argument.

file

A connection, or a character string naming the file to print to. If "" (the default), the output prints to the standard output connection. See link[base]{cat}.

cat

a logical; should the equation be printed?

...

Arguments to format.earth.

Value

• A character representation of the bagged earth object.

See Also

earth

Examples

a <- bagEarth(Volume ~ ., data = trees, B= 3)
cat(format(a))

# yields:
# (
#   31.61075 
#   +  6.587273 * pmax(0,  Girth -   14.2) 
#   -  3.229363 * pmax(0,   14.2 -  Girth) 
#   - 0.3167140 * pmax(0,     79 - Height) 
#   +
#    22.80225 
#   +  5.309866 * pmax(0,  Girth -     12) 
#   -  2.378658 * pmax(0,     12 -  Girth) 
#   +  0.793045 * pmax(0, Height -     80) 
#   - 0.3411915 * pmax(0,     80 - Height) 
#   +
#    31.39772 
#   +   6.18193 * pmax(0,  Girth -   14.2) 
#   -  3.660456 * pmax(0,   14.2 -  Girth) 
#   + 0.6489774 * pmax(0, Height -     80) 
# )/3