## https://github.com/bethatkinson/rpart/issues/7 library(rpart) mtcars2 <- mtcars mtcars2$gear <- factor(mtcars2$gear) mtcars2$carb <- factor(mtcars2$carb) set.seed(10) rp1 <- rpart(mpg ~ . - gear, data = mtcars2) set.seed(10) rp2 <- rpart(mpg ~ ., data = mtcars2[names(mtcars2) != "gear"]) all.equal(rp1[setdiff(names(rp1), c("call", "terms"))], rp2[setdiff(names(rp2), c("call", "terms"))], check.attributes=FALSE) set.seed(10) rp3 <- rpart(mpg ~ . - gear - carb, data = mtcars2) set.seed(10) rp4 <- rpart(mpg ~ ., data = mtcars2[setdiff(names(mtcars2), c("gear", "carb"))]) all.equal(rp3[setdiff(names(rp3), c("call", "terms"))], rp4[setdiff(names(rp4), c("call", "terms"))], check.attributes=FALSE)