R: Remove 'names' or 'dimnames' (original) (raw)

unname {base} R Documentation

Description

Remove the [names](../../base/help/names.html) or [dimnames](../../base/help/dimnames.html) attribute of an R object.

Usage

unname(obj, force = FALSE)

Arguments

obj an R object.
force logical; if true, the dimnames (names and row names) are removed even from data.frames.

Value

Object as obj but without [names](../../base/help/names.html) or[dimnames](../../base/help/dimnames.html).

Examples

require(graphics); require(stats)

## Answering a question on R-help (14 Oct 1999):
col3 <- 750+ 100*rt(1500, df = 3)
breaks <- factor(cut(col3, breaks = 360+5*(0:155)))
z <- table(breaks)
z[1:5] # The names are larger than the data ...
barplot(unname(z), axes = FALSE)

[Package _base_ version 4.6.0 Index]