On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, jiho.han wrote:
>
> Hi, R-experts
>
> I defined a new class of object, called "alpha", which is basically a
> data.frame. And (I think) I know how to create a method for "alpha", such as
> "summary.alpha", "plot.alpha". The problem is, when I try to access "alpha"
> object by usual data.frame method, it won't.
>
> For example, suppose X is an object of class "alpha". Then, the commands
> such as dim(X), X[1,1], none of these works.
>
> I want to know how to define a class so that when there is appropriate
> methods use it, but when there's not use the predetermined method for
> underlying object. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks-
class(X) <- c("alpha", "data.frame")
is I think what you want.
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