R: Make response for coxnet

response.coxnet {glmnet} | R Documentation

## Make response for coxnet

### Description

Internal function to make the response y passed to glmnet suitable for coxnet (i.e. glmnet with family = "cox"). Sanity checks are performed here too.

### Usage

    response.coxnet(y)

### Arguments

`y` | Response variable. Either a class "Surv" object or a two-column matrix with columns named 'time' and 'status'.

### Details

If y is a class "Surv" object, this function returns y with no changes. If y is a two-column matrix with columns named 'time' and 'status', it is converted into a "Surv" object.

### Value

A class "Surv" object.

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