reshape2 (version 1.0)

parse_formula: Parse casting formulae.

Description

Parse casting formulae.

Usage

parse_formula(formula="...  ~ variable", varnames, value_var="value")

Arguments

formula

formula to parse

varnames

names of all variables in data

value_var

name of variable containing values

Details

There are a two ways to specify a casting formula: either as a string, or a list of quoted variables. This function converts the former to the latter.

Casting formulas separate dimensions with ~ and variables within a dimension with + or *. . can be used as a placeholder, and ... represents all other variables not otherwise used.

Examples

reshape2:::parse_formula("a + ...", letters[1:6])
reshape2:::parse_formula("a ~ b + d")
reshape2:::parse_formula("a + b ~ c ~ .")