nimbleType-class: create a nimbleType object
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nimbleType-class

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create a nimbleType object

Description

Create a nimbleType object, with information on the name, type, and dimension of an object to be placed in a nimbleList.

Details

This function creates nimbleType objects, which can be used to define the elements of a nimbleList.

The type argument can be chosen from among character, double, integer, and logical, or can be the name of a previously created nimbleList definition.

See the NIMBLE User Manual for additional examples.

Author(s)

NIMBLE development team

Examples

nimbleTypeList <- list()
nimbleTypeList[[1]] <- nimbleType(name = 'x', type = 'integer', dim = 0)
nimbleTypeList[[2]] <- nimbleType(name = 'Y', type = 'double', dim = 2)

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