[R] Can't Destroy Dim Names

[jim holtman]

Is this what you want:

> x <- c(a=1, b=2, c=3)
> str(x)
 Named num [1:3] 1 2 3
 - attr(*, "names")= chr [1:3] "a" "b" "c"
> names(x) <- NULL
> x
[1] 1 2 3
>

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Gundala Viswanath <gundalav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have the following matrix:
>
>> str(mat)
> Named chr [1:32268] "yQAAA" "jQAAQ" "UQAAg" "FQAAw" "1QABA" ...
>  - attr(*, "names")= chr [1:32268] "CAAAAAAAAA" "CAAAAAAAAC"
> "CAAAAAAAAG" "CAAAAAAAAT" ...
>
>
> I want to destroy the attribute yielding only this:
>
>> str(mat)
> Named chr [1:32268] "yQAAA" "jQAAQ" "UQAAg" "FQAAw" "1QABA" ...
>
>
> But why this command fail to do it?
>
>> dimnames(mat) <- NULL
>
> Btw, the object size for keeping matrix with dim names is greater
> than without, right?
>
>
>
> - Gundala Viswanath
> Jakarta - Indonesia
>
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