internal-methods function

Internal Methods

Various S4 methods which are not directly for use by users.

## S4 method for signature 'trial_sequence,data.frame'
set_data(
  object,
  data,
  censor_at_switch,
  id = "id",
  period = "period",
  treatment = "treatment",
  outcome = "outcome",
  eligible = "eligible"
)

## S4 method for signature 'trial_sequence'
set_expansion_options(
  object,
  output,
  chunk_size = 0,
  first_period = 0,
  last_period = Inf,
  censor_at_switch
)

## S4 method for signature 'trial_sequence'
expand_trials(object)

Arguments

• object: A trial_sequence object
• data: A data.frame containing all the required variables in the person-time format, i.e., the <U+2018>long<U+2019> format.
• id: Name of the variable for identifiers of the individuals. Default is <U+2018>id<U+2019>.
• period: Name of the variable for the visit/period. Default is <U+2018>period<U+2019>.
• treatment: Name of the variable for the treatment indicator at that visit/period. Default is <U+2018>treatment<U+2019>.
• outcome: Name of the variable for the indicator of the outcome event at that visit/period. Default is <U+2018>outcome<U+2019>.
• eligible: Name of the variable for the indicator of eligibility for the target trial at that visit/period. Default is <U+2018>eligible<U+2019>.