Names Associated with an Object

This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for this function include: formula, pdBlocked, pdMat, and reStruct.

Names(object, ...)
Names(object, ...) <- value

Arguments

object

any object for which names can be extracted and/or assigned.

...

some methods for this generic function require additional arguments.

value

names to be assigned to object.

Value

will depend on the method function used; see the appropriate documentation.

Author

José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu

SIDE EFFECTS

On the left side of an assignment, sets the names associated with object to value, which must have an appropriate length.