unname {base} | R Documentation

## Remove `names` or `dimnames`

### Description

Remove the `names` or `dimnames` 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.frame`s.

### Value

Object as `obj` but without `names` or `dimnames`.

### 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)

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