

   TThhee NNaammeess AAttttrriibbuuttee ooff aann OObbjjeecctt

        names(x)
        names(x) <- value

   DDeessccrriippttiioonn::

        `names' provides access to the names attribute of a
        vector.  The first form prints the names of the obser-
        vations and the second sets the names.  In this case,
        `value' must be a vector of character strings of the
        same length as `x'.

   EExxaammpplleess::

        # print the names attribute of the islands data set
        names(islands)

        # remove the names attribute
        names(islands) <- NULL

