[R] Function to tell you how an object is put together

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

probably you're looking for str(), e.g.,

lis <- list(x = 1:10, y = letters[1:3])
str(lis)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas L Jones, PhD" <jones3745 at verizon.net>
To: "R-project help" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:07 PM
Subject: [R] Function to tell you how an object is put together


> Question: Suppose I have an arbitrary object. Is there a function 
> which will
> accept the object as an argument and sort of give the format of  the 
> object,
> how it is put together, etc.? The analysis would include the 
> attributes and
> the names of the attributes. Also, things like whether or not the 
> object is
> an array; whether or not it is a matrix, etc.
>
> Tom Jones
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