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\name{delete.response}
\title{Modify Terms Objects}
\usage{
delete.response(termobj)
reformulate(termlabels,response=NULL)
drop.terms(termobj, dropx = NULL, keep.response = FALSE) 
}
\alias{reformulate}
\alias{drop.terms}
\alias{delete.response}
\arguments{
  \item{termobj}{A \code{terms} object}
  \item{termlabels}{vector of strings giving the right-hand side of a
    model formula}
  \item{response}{string giving the left-hand side of a model formula}
  \item{dropx}{vector of positions of variables to drop from the
    right-hand side of the model}
  \item{keep.response}{Keep the response in the resulting object?}
}
\description{
  \code{delete.response} returns a \code{terms} object for the same
  model but with no response variable.

  \code{drop.terms} removes variables from the right-hand side of the
  model.

  \code{reformulate} creates a formula from a vector of strings.
}
\value{
  \code{delete.response} and \code{drop.terms} return a \code{terms}
  object.

  \code{reformulate} returns a \code{formula}.
}
\seealso{\code{\link{terms}}}

\examples{
ff <- y ~ z + x + w
tt <- terms(ff)
tt
delete.response(tt)
drop.terms(tt, 2:3, keep.response = TRUE)
reformulate(attr(tt, "term.labels"))
}
\keyword{programming}