Hello,

2005/11/23, Ronnie Babigumira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Many thanks to Peter Alspach, Jim Porzak and Murray Pung for the help.
> Peter and Jim, head? and tail? was just what I needed to list a few
> observations. Peter, thanks for pointing out str? to me. I totally
> agree with you on its usefulness.
>
> Murray thanks for file > save workspace (and Peters save.image)
> addresses the third of my concerns
>
> One last question related to head and tails, this works best if you
> have a few variables (columns). Given more, how can I use the
> information on the variable names given after str to list the first
> few few observations for a set of variable.
>
> To make it clear. Say I load a dataset with n variables named v1 to
> vn. I use str(mydata) and I get a list of variable names..
>
> str(x)
> v1 ......
> .  ......
> .  ......
> .  ......
> .  ......
> Vn ......
>
> How do i list the first n observations of say v5 to v9

Not sure if this is what you are looking for: str(myobject[ 5:9])

regards

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