.. _fwflag_pca_comp:
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--pca_comp
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Switch
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--pca_comp VALUE [VALUE ...]

Description
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Value(s) for the PCA-components feature-selection parameter, used together with :doc:`fwflag_fs_params`.

Argument and Default Value
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One or more strings (``nargs='+'``, ``type=str``). Default: ``None``.

Details
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Verified: accepted and ran without error as part of ``--fs_params --k_best 10 --pca_comp 5``. See the caveat on :doc:`fwflag_fs_params` about its downstream effect not being independently confirmed.

Other Switches
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Required Switches:

* :doc:`fwflag_fs_params`

Example Commands
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Using the packaged ``dla_tutorial`` dataset (see :doc:`../../tutorials/tut_dla`):

.. code-block:: bash

	dlatkInterface.py -d dla_tutorial -t msgs -c user_id -f 'feat$1to3gram$msgs$user_id$0_05' \
	--outcome_table blog_outcomes --outcomes age --combo_test_regression --fs_params --pca_comp 5