This method function extracts the first element of the Dimnames
attribute, which contains the column names, for each block diagonal
element in the matrix represented by object.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'pdBlocked':
Names(object, asList, \dots)
Arguments
object
an object inheriting from class pdBlocked
representing a positive-definite matrix with block diagonal
structure
asList
a logical value. If TRUE a list with the
names for each block diagonal element is returned. If FALSE
a character vector with all column names is returned. Defaults to
FALSE.
...
some methods for this generic require additional
arguments. None are used in this method.
Value
if asList is FALSE, a character vector with column names
of the matrix represented by object; otherwise, if
asList is TRUE, a list with components given by the
column names of the individual block diagonal elements in the matrix
represented by object.