splitbyname {rv} | R Documentation |
splitbyname
is a utility function that
splits the given vector based on the names
of the components and returns a named list of
arrays and vectors.
splitbyname(x)
x |
a vector or a list with the name attributes set |
The names are supposed to be of the format 'name[index]', for example 'alpha[1,1]', 'beta[1]', etc.
A name without brackets is equivalent to a name with '[1]'.
The dimension attribute will not be set in case of vectors.
A list of arrays and vectors.
Missing entries in the arrays and vectors are filled in with NA
s.
Jouni Kerman jouni@kerman.com
x <- structure(c(1,3), names=c("x[1,1]", "x[3,3]")) splitbyname(x) # yields a list containing a 3x3 matrix