library(survival) # # A test of nesting. It makes sure the model.frame is built correctly # tfun <- function(fit, mydata) { survfit(fit, newdata=mydata) } myfit <- coxph(Surv(time, status) ~ age + factor(sex), lung) temp1 <- tfun(myfit, lung[1:5,]) temp2 <- survfit(myfit, lung[1:5,]) indx <- match('call', names(temp1)) #the call components won't match all.equal(unclass(temp1)[-indx], unclass(temp2)[-indx])