varnames                package:coda                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     `varnames()' returns the variable names and `chanames' returns the
     chain names, or NULL if these are not set.  

     If `allow.null = FALSE' then `NULL' values will be replaced with
     canonical names.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     varnames(x, allow.null=TRUE)
     chanames(x, allow.null=TRUE)
     varnames(x) <- namevector
     chanames(x) <- namevector

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: an `mcmc' or `mcmc.list' object

allow.null: Logical argument that determines whether the function may
          return NULL

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A character vector , or NULL.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     `mcmc', `mcmc.list'.

