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 pdBlocked
Names(object, asList, ...)
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.
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.