polySpline
Convert a Spline to Piecewise Polynomial Spline Representation
Description
Converts a spline to its piecewise polynomial spline representation.
Usage
polySpline(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'bSpline':
polySpline(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'nbSpline':
polySpline(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'pbSpline':
polySpline(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'polySpline':
polySpline(object, ...)
as.polySpline(object, ...)
Arguments
  
| object | an object that inherits from class spline. Typically this is an object that 
inherits from bSpline. | 
  | ... | additional arguments to be passed to or from future functions. | 
 
Value
returns a piecewise-polynomial representation of the the input spline.
| polySpline.bSpline | returns a list object of class c("polySpline", "spline"), 
that contains two components "knots" and "coefficients", with attribute "formula". | 
| polySpline.nbSpline | returns object of class c("npolySpline", "polySpline", "spline"). | 
| polySpline.pbSpline | returns object of class c("ppolySpline", "polySpline", "spline") 
with component "period". | 
| polySpline.polySpline | returns just the inputed object. | 
See Also
Examples
x <- interpSpline(c(1,2,3,4),c(5,9,11,12), bSpline=FALSE)
polySpline(x)