checkNames: Consistency test between the column names of two matrices
In DiceKriging: Kriging Methods for Computer Experiments

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Tests if the names of a second matrix are equal to a given matrix up to a permutation, and permute its columns accordingly. When the second one has no column names, the names of the first one are used in the same order.

1 2	checkNames(X1, X2, X1.name = "X1", X2.name = "X2") checkNamesList(X1, l2, X1.name = "X1", l2.name = "l2")

`X1`	a matrix containing column names.
`X2`	a matrix containing the same number of columns.
`l2`	a list with length `ncol(X1)`.
`X1.name`	,
`X2.name`	optional names for the matrix `X1` and `X2` theirselves (useful for error messages).
`l2.name`	optional names for `l2`.

If X2 does not contain variable names, then the names of X1 are used in the same order, and X2 is returned with these names. Otherwise, if the column names of X1 and X2 are equal up to a permutation, the column of X2 are permuted according to the order of X1' names.

The matrix X2, with columns possibly permuted. See details.

O. Roustant

predict,km-method, simulate,km-method

X1 <- matrix(1, 2, 3)
X2 <- matrix(1:6, 2, 3)

colnames(X1) <- c("x1", "x2", "x3")
checkNames(X1, X2)
# attributes the same names for X2, and returns X2

colnames(X2) <- c("x1", "x2", "x5")
## Not run: checkNames(X1, X2)
# returns an error since the names of X1 and X2 are different

colnames(X2) <- c("x2", "x1", "x3")
checkNames(X1, X2)
# returns the matrix X2, but with permuted columns

l2 <- list(x3 = 1, x2 = c(2, 3), x1 = -6)
checkNamesList(X1, l2)