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...t("Your object name is",xname,"\n") } testlist <- list() testlist[[1]] <- 1:10 class(testlist) <- "testclass" # This does not work as expected: > testlist Your object name is structure(list(1:10), class = "testclass") # But this does : > testlist2 <- unclass(testlist) > print.testclass(testlist2) Your object name is testlist2 thanks, Remko Duursma -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/deparse-substitute-x-on-an-object-with-S3-class-tp4605592.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.