R devel - Jan 2007 - function to remove attributes?

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a compact way to remove attributes
from an object.  I know attributes(obj) <- NULL works, but I wonder if
there is something similar to unclass or unname.  RSiteSearch didn't
reveal anything.

Thanks,

Tamas

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Tamas K Papp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if there is a compact way to remove attributes
> from an object.  I know attributes(obj) <- NULL works, but I wonder if
> there is something similar to unclass or unname.  RSiteSearch didn't
> reveal anything.
as.vector is usually used for this purpose, but note the caveat on the help 
page.  (And if you have a classed object you probably do not want to remove 
all attributes, since class is one.)

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