nimble (version 1.2.1)

nimbleType-class: create a nimbleType object

Description

Create a nimbleType object, with information on the name, type, and dimension of an object to be placed in a nimbleList.

Arguments

name

The name of the object, given as a character string.

type

The type of the object, given as a character string.

dim

The dimension of the object, given as an integer. This can be left blank if the object is a nimbleList.

Author

NIMBLE development team

Details

This function creates nimbleType objects, which can be used to define the elements of a nimbleList.

The type argument can be chosen from among character, double, integer, and logical, or can be the name of a previously created nimbleList definition.

See the NIMBLE User Manual for additional examples.

Examples

nimbleTypeList <- list()
nimbleTypeList[[1]] <- nimbleType(name = 'x', type = 'integer', dim = 0)
nimbleTypeList[[2]] <- nimbleType(name = 'Y', type = 'double', dim = 2)