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.FN covariate<-
.TL
Assign Covariate Values
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This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle
specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for
this function include all `varFunc' classes.
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covariate(object) <- value
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.AG object
any object with a `covariate' component.
.AG value
a value to be assigned to the covariate associated with
`object'.
.RT
will depend on the method function; see the appropriate documentation.

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`getCovariate'
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## see the method function documentation
.KW models
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