Names.pdMat               package:nlme               R Documentation

Names of a pdMat Object

Description:

     This method function returns the fist element of the 'Dimnames'
     attribute of 'object', which contains the column names of the
     matrix represented by 'object'.

Usage:

     ## S3 method for class 'pdMat':
     Names(object, ...)
     ## S3 replacement method for class 'pdMat':
     Names(object, ...) <- value

Arguments:

  object: an object inheriting from class 'pdMat', representing a
          positive-definite matrix.

   value: a character vector with the replacement values for the column
          and row names of the matrix represented by 'object'. It must
          have length equal to the dimension of the matrix represented
          by 'object' and, if names have been previously assigned to
          'object', it must correspond to a permutation of the original
          names.

     ...: some methods for this generic require additional arguments. 
          None are used in this method.

Value:

     if 'object' has a 'Dimnames' attribute then the first element of
     this attribute is returned; otherwise 'NULL'.

SIDE EFFECTS:

     On the left side of an assignment, sets the 'Dimnames' attribute
     of 'object' to 'list(value, value)'.

Author(s):

     Jose Pinheiro Jose.Pinheiro@pharma.novartis.com and Douglas Bates
     bates@stat.wisc.edu

See Also:

     'Names', 'Names.pdBlocked'

Examples:

     pd1 <- pdSymm(~age, data = Orthodont)
     Names(pd1)

