tis (version 1.39)

stripClass: Remove part of a class attribute

Description

An R object may have a class attribute that is a character vector giving the names of classes it inherits from. stripClass strips the class classString from that character vector. stripTis(x) is shorthand for stripClass(x, "tis").

Usage

stripClass(x, classString)
stripTis(x)

Arguments

x

an object whose class character vector may or may not include classString

classString

name of class to remove from the inheritance chain

Value

An object like x, but whose class attribute does not include classString. If the class attribute less classString is empty, unclass(x) is returned.

See Also

class