clearNames               package:stats               R Documentation

Remove the Names from an Object

Description:

     This function sets the 'names' attribute of 'object' to 'NULL' and
     returns the object.

Usage:

     clearNames(object)

Arguments:

  object: an object that may have a 'names' attribute 

Value:

     An object similar to 'object' but without names.

Author(s):

     Douglas Bates and Saikat DebRoy

See Also:

     'setNames'

Examples:

     lapply( women, mean )               # has a names attribute
     clearNames( lapply( women, mean ) ) # removes the names

