\HeaderA{slotOp}{Extract Slots}{slotOp}
\aliasA{@}{slotOp}{@}
\keyword{manip}{slotOp}
\begin{Description}\relax
Extract tbe contents of a slot in a object with a formal class
structure.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
object@name
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{object}] An object from a formally defined class.
\item[\code{name}] The character-string name of the slot.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
This operator supports the formal classes of package \pkg{methods}, and
is disabled unless the \pkg{methods} is loaded.
See \code{\LinkA{slot}{slot}} for further details.

Currently there is no checking that the object is an instance of a
formal class, nor that \code{name} is a slot name.
\end{Details}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{Extract}{Extract}},
\code{\LinkA{slot}{slot}}
\end{SeeAlso}

