Names.reStruct {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 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

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

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