Names.reStruct function

Names of an reStruct Object

This method function extracts the column names of each of the positive-definite matrices represented the pdMat

elements of object.

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

Arguments

• object: an object inheriting from class "reStruct", representing a random effects structure and consisting of a list of pdMat objects.
• value: a list of character vectors with the replacement values for the names of the individual pdMat objects that form object. It must have the same length as object.
• ...: some methods for this generic require additional arguments. None are used in this method.

Returns

a list containing the column names of each of the positive-definite matrices represented by the pdMat elements of object.

Author(s)

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

SIDE EFFECTS

On the left side of an assignment, sets the Names of the pdMat elements of object to the corresponding element of value.

See Also

reStruct, pdMat, Names.pdMat

Examples

rs1 <- reStruct(list(Dog = ~day, Side = ~1), data = Pixel)
Names(rs1)