

   splineOrder {splines}                        R Documentation

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   DDeessccrriippttiioonn::

        Return the order of a spline object.

   UUssaaggee::

        splineOrder(object)

   AArrgguummeennttss::

     object: An object that inherits from class `spline'.

   DDeettaaiillss::

        The order of a spline is the number of coefficients in
        each piece of the piecewise polynomial representation.
        Thus a cubic spline has order 4.

   VVaalluuee::

        An integer vector of length 1.

   AAuutthhoorr((ss))::

        Douglas Bates and Bill Venables

   SSeeee AAllssoo::

        `splineKnots', `interpSpline', `periodicSpline'

   EExxaammpplleess::

        library( splines )
        data( women )
        splineOrder( interpSpline( weight ~ height, women ) )

