\Header{splineOrder}{Determine the Order of a Spline}
\alias{splineOrder.bSpline}{splineOrder}
\alias{splineOrder.polySpline}{splineOrder}
\keyword{models }{splineOrder}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
splineOrder(object)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\texttt{object}] An object that inherits from class \texttt{spline}.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Description}
Return the order of the object.  The order of a spline is the number
of coefficients in each piece of the piecewise polynomial
representation.  Thus a cubic spline has order 4.\end{Description}
\begin{Value}
An integer vector of length 1.\end{Value}
\begin{Author}
Douglas Bates and Bill Venables\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}
\texttt{\Link{splineKnots}},
\texttt{\Link{interpSpline}},
\texttt{\Link{periodicSpline}}\end{SeeAlso}

