\name{bsplineS}
\alias{bsplineS}
\title{
  B-spline Basis Function Values
}
\description{
Evaluates a set of B-spline basis functions, or a derivative of these
functions, at a set of arguments.
}
\usage{
bsplineS(x, breaks, norder=4, nderiv=0)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{
A vector of argument values at which the B-spline basis functions are to
evaluated.
}
\item{breaks}{
A strictly increasing set of break values defining the B-spline basis.
The argument values \code{x} should be within the interval spanned
by the break values.
}
\item{norder}{
The order of the B-spline basis functions.  The order less one is the
degree of the piece-wise polynomials that make up any B-spline function.
The default is order 4, meaning piece-wise cubic.
}
\item{nderiv}{
A nonnegative integer specifying the order of derivative to be evaluated.
The derivative must not exceed the order.  The default derivative is 0,
meaning that the basis functions themselves are evaluated.
}
}
\value{
a matrix of function values.  The number of rows equals the number of
arguments, and the number of columns equals the number of basis
functions.
}
\examples{
#  set up break values at 0.0, 0.2,..., 0.8, 1.0.
breaks <- seq(0,1,0.2)
#  set up a set of 11 argument values
x <- seq(0,1,0.1)
#  the order willl be 4, and the number of basis functions
#  is equal to the number of interior break values (4 here)
#  plus the order, for a total here of 8.
norder <- 4
#  compute the 11 by 8 matrix of basis function values
basismat <- bsplineS(x, breaks, norder)
}
\keyword{}
% docclass is function
\keyword{smooth}