Get or replace element names

Allows to get and set element names. Replaces the older functions getElementNames, getElementNames2, and eNames which are deprecated.

Usage

elements(x)

elements(x, position) <- value

Arguments

x

A repgrid object.

position

Index where to insert element.

value

Character vector of element names.

Examples

# copy Boeker grid to x
x <- boeker

## get element names
e <- elements(x)
e
#>  [1] "self"                "ideal self"          "mother"             
#>  [4] "father"              "kurt"                "karl"               
#>  [7] "george"              "martin"              "elizabeth"          
#> [10] "therapist"           "irene"               "childhood self"     
#> [13] "self before illness" "self with delusion"  "self as dreamer"    

## replace element names
elements(x) <- rev(e) # reverse all element names
elements(x)[1] <- "Hannes" # replace name of first element

# replace names of elements 1 and 3
elements(x)[c(1, 3)] <- c("element 1", "element 3")