From kleiweg@let.rug.nl  Fri Oct 12 22:36:15 2001
From: kleiweg@let.rug.nl (kleiweg@let.rug.nl)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:36:15 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Rd] Unable to use names() to set names on a 'dist' object (PR#1129)
Message-ID: <200110122136.XAA26079@pubhealth.ku.dk>


I am unable to set the names on a 'dist' object using the
function names()


> require(mva)
Loading required package: mva
[1] TRUE
> a <- matrix(nrow=3, ncol=3)
> a[row(a) > col(a)] <- 1:3
> b <- as.dist(a)
> names(b) <- c("X", "Y", "Z")
Error in "names<-.dist"(*tmp*, value = c("X", "Y", "Z")) :
        unused argument(s) (value ...)
> attr(b, "Labels") <- c("X", "Y", "Z")
> names(b)
[1] "X" "Y" "Z"
> b
  X Y
Y 1
Z 2 3


--please do not edit the information below--

Version:
 platform = i586-pc-linux-gnu
 arch = i586
 os = linux-gnu
 system = i586, linux-gnu
 status =
 major = 1
 minor = 3.1
 year = 2001
 month = 08
 day = 31
 language = R

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:mva, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base


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[Rd] Unable to use names() to set names on a 'dist' object (PR#1129)
kleiweg@let.rug.nl