isInitialized             package:Matrix             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A generic function.  Methods for specific classes should return
     'TRUE' if 'object' is initialized, otherwise 'FALSE'.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     isInitialized(object)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  object: An object that may or may not be initialized.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A logical value indicating if the object is initialized.

_N_o_t_e:

     The name of this generic was changed from the original name,
     'isinitialized', because that name is used in the 'methods'
     package.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu and Saikat DebRoy
     saikat@stat.wisc.edu

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