You can use attributes: attributes(x) <- list(CreateDate = Sys.time(), User = Sys.info()['user'])
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Tal Galili <tal.gal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I recently discovered the "comment" command. > I see it can only hold a vector of characters. > > Is there a way (or an alternative), to make it possible to have it keep a > list? > (for example, to keep different pieces of information like date of > creation, > information of each variable and so on) > > The closest solution I can think of is using 'names' on the vector, like > this: > x <- 1 > comment(x) <- letters > names(comment(x)) <- LETTERS > x > comment(x) > > > Any other suggestions? > (or general best practices for the "comment" command ?) > > Thanks, > Tal > > ----------------Contact > Details:------------------------------------------------------- > Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 > Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | > www.r-statistics.com (English) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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