On Dec 16, 2007 9:44 PM, Spencer Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I see more of the structure than displayed by 'str'? > Consider the following: > > > tstDF <- data.frame(a=1, row.names='b') > > str(tstDF) > 'data.frame': 1 obs. of 1 variable: > $ a: num 1 > > > The object 'tstDF' has row.names, but I have to suspect they are > there -- AND know a function like 'row.names' or 'dimnames' -- to see > them. > > I've found 'str' extremely valuable for understanding and > explaining to others the internal structure of an R object. In many > cases, it has helped me find fairly simple ways to do things with R > objects that might have been much more difficult and perhaps infeasible > without 'str' -- and without access to the right expert, who may not be > available in the time I have to solve a particular problem. > > Thanks again to Martin Maechler, who wrote 'str', and to everyone > else who has replied to questions from me over the years. > > Best Wishes, > Spencer Graves
Try this: > dput(tstDF) structure(list(a = 1), .Names = "a", row.names = "b", class = "data.frame") ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
