[R] Show representation of a data structure

[Greg Snow]

You are probably thinking of the "str" function.  But also look at the "TkListView" function in the TeachingDemos package for visualizing lists of lists and complex objects.

Hope this helps,

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111

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> 
>   I'm currently working with some large complex data structures eg list
> of
> lists of data_frames containing lots more variables and lists etc.
> Sometimes, I'd like to be able to bring up a simple representation of
> the
> structure I'm working with, minus all of the values it contains (so
> simply
> printing the variable doesn't work as its too hard to see structure
> when
> there are 1000s of values being printed).  I know there is a function
> in R
> that allows you to do something like this but I cannot remember what it
> is
> and my searching has turned up nothing. Does anyone know the function
> I'm
> talking about or have any other useful suggestions as to what I can do?
> 
>    Thanks
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