Names.pdBlocked {nlme} | R Documentation |
Names of a pdBlocked Object
Description
This method function extracts the first element of the Dimnames
attribute, which contains the column names, for each block diagonal
element in the matrix represented by object
.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'pdBlocked'
Names(object, asList, ...)
Arguments
object |
an object inheriting from class |
asList |
a logical value. If |
... |
some methods for this generic require additional arguments. None are used in this method. |
Value
if asList
is FALSE
, a character vector with column names
of the matrix represented by object
; otherwise, if
asList
is TRUE
, a list with components given by the
column names of the individual block diagonal elements in the matrix
represented by object
.
Author(s)
José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu
See Also
Examples
pd1 <- pdBlocked(list(~Sex - 1, ~age - 1), data = Orthodont)
Names(pd1)