

clearNames {nls}                             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     This function sets the `names' attribute of `object' to
     `NULL' and returns the object.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     clearNames(object)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s_:

  object: an object that may have a `names' attribute

_V_a_l_u_e_:

     An object similar to `object' but without names.

_A_u_t_h_o_r_(_s_)_:

     Douglas Bates and Saikat DebRoy

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o_:

     `setNames'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

     library( nls )
     data( women )
     lapply( women, mean )               # has a names attribute
     clearNames( lapply( women, mean ) ) # removes the names

