list support for weights

R/trainDI.R

@@ -130,17 +130,11 @@ trainDI <- function(model = NA,
       weight <- t(data.frame(rep(1,length(variables))))
       names(weight) <- variables
     }
-  }else{ #check if manually given weights are correct. otherwise ignore (set to 1):
-    if(nrow(weight)!=1||ncol(weight)!=length(variables)){
-      message("variable weights are not correctly specified and will be ignored. See ?aoa")
-      weight <- t(data.frame(rep(1,length(variables))))
-      names(weight) <- variables
-    }
-    weight <- weight[,na.omit(match(variables, names(weight)))]
-    if (any(weight<0)){
-      weight[weight<0]<-0
-      message("negative weights were set to 0")
-    }
+  }else{
+
+
+    weight <- user_weights(weight, variables)
+
   }
 
   # get CV folds from model or from parameters
@@ -414,6 +408,39 @@ aoa_get_weights = function(model, variables){
 }
 
 
+
+# check user weight input
+# make sure this function outputs a data.frame with
+# one row and columns named after the variables
+
+user_weights = function(weight, variables){
+
+  # list input support
+  if(inherits(weight, "list")){
+    # check if all list entries are in variables
+    weight = as.data.frame(weight)
+  }
+
+
+  #check if manually given weights are correct. otherwise ignore (set to 1):
+  if(nrow(weight)!=1  || !all(variables %in% names(weight))){
+    message("variable weights are not correctly specified and will be ignored. See ?aoa")
+    weight <- t(data.frame(rep(1,length(variables))))
+    names(weight) <- variables
+  }
+  weight <- weight[,na.omit(match(variables, names(weight)))]
+  if (any(weight<0)){
+    weight[weight<0]<-0
+    message("negative weights were set to 0")
+  }
+
+  return(weight)
+
+}
+
+
+
+
 # Get trainingdata from train object
 
 aoa_get_train <- function(model){