On 4/6/2006 2:24 PM, Thomas L Jones wrote: > Suppose I have an arbitrary R object. Is there a way to find out its > format? There are 118 points, each described by two numbers. Let the > name of the object be "obj" without the quotes. I can do a print > (obj), but all I get is a bunch of numbers. I can do a ls.str (obj), > but all I get is a bunch of numbers. Is it a data frame? A vector with > 118 elements, each having two sub-elements? Or ---? > > The object in question is of the class gam (Generalized Additive > Model). I know how to pull out some data with the "predict" function, > but, when I try to print the value of the predict function, all I get > is a bunch of numbers.
str(obj) usually gives you the sort of thing you're looking for. > Also, how could I have looked this up without having to post a > question here? This is a tricky question. Usually RSiteSearch() will turn up useful information, but I suspect you'll get a lot of false hits if you look for "format" or "structure". Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ 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
