Should the Value: section of the help page read: For an array (and hence in particular, for a matrix) dim retrieves the dim attribute of the object. It is NULL for a vector of mode integer.
NOTE: for not or in the second sentence. Uwe Ligges wrote: > Christian Prinoth wrote: > > >>Hi, if I do >> >>Z<-rnorm(50) >>Followed by >>Dim(Z) >>I get NULL. Is this correct? Shouldn't I get 50 instead? > > > > No, because Z has no dim attribute. ?dim tells you: > > "For an array (and hence in particular, for a matrix) dim retrieves the > dim attribute of the object. It is NULL or a vector of mode integer." > > >>TIA >>Chris >> >>DISCLAIMER:\ L'utilizzo non autorizzato del presente messagg...{{dropped}} >> >>______________________________________________ >>R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > Yes, PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > Uwe Ligges > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > -- Chuck Cleland, Ph.D. NDRI, Inc. 71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th) tel: (732) 452-1424 (M, W, F) fax: (917) 438-0894 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html