Names.reStruct             package:nlme             R Documentation

Names of an reStruct Object

Description:

     This method function extracts the column names of each of the
     positive-definite matrices represented the 'pdMat' elements of
     'object'.

Usage:

     ## 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.

Value:

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

SIDE EFFECTS:

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

Author(s):

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

See Also:

     'reStruct', 'pdMat', 'Names.pdMat'

Examples:

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

