This method function extracts the first element of the Dimnames
attribute, which contains the column names, for each block diagonal
element in the matrix represented by object
.
# S3 method for pdBlocked
Names(object, asList, …)
an object inheriting from class "pdBlocked"
representing a positive-definite matrix with block diagonal
structure
a logical value. If TRUE
a list
with the
names for each block diagonal element is returned. If FALSE
a character vector with all column names is returned. Defaults to
FALSE
.
some methods for this generic require additional arguments. None are used in this method.
if asList
is FALSE
, a character vector with column names
of the matrix represented by object
; otherwise, if
asList
is TRUE
, a list with components given by the
column names of the individual block diagonal elements in the matrix
represented by object
.
# NOT RUN {
pd1 <- pdBlocked(list(~Sex - 1, ~age - 1), data = Orthodont)
Names(pd1)
# }
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