You can use attributes:

attributes(x) <- list(CreateDate = Sys.time(), User = Sys.info()['user'])


On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Tal Galili <tal.galili@gmail.com> 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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