# R: Assign Matrix Values

Matrix {nlme} | R Documentation

## Assign Matrix Values

### Description

This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for this function include `pdMat`, `pdBlocked`, and `reStruct`.

### Usage

    matrix(object) <- value

### Arguments

`object` | any object to which `as.matrix` can be applied.
`value` | a matrix, or list of matrices, with the same dimensions as `as.matrix(object)` with the new values to be assigned to the matrix associated with `object`.

### Value

will depend on the method function; see the appropriate documentation.

### Author(s)

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

### See Also

`as.matrix`

### Examples

    ## see the method function documentation

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