[R] Is there a way to have 'comment' keep a list?

[Mario Valle]

Look at the help page, the example does exactly this by putting a two 
element vector of strings as comment.
Hope it helps
                                 mario

On 09-Nov-10 11:36, Tal Galili wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I recently discovered the "comment" command.
> I see it can only hold a vector of characters.
>
> Is there a way (or an alternative), to make it possible to have it keep a
> list?
> (for example, to keep different pieces of information like date of creation,
> information of each variable and so on)
>
> The closest solution I can think of is using 'names' on the vector, like
> this:
> x<- 1
> comment(x)<- letters
> names(comment(x))<- LETTERS
> x
> comment(x)
>
>
> Any other suggestions?
> (or general best practices for the "comment" command ?)
>
> Thanks,
> Tal
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