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:
Names(object, asList)
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
object
an object inheriting from class
pdBlocked
representing a positive-definite matrix with block diagonal
structure
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
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.
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.