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.FN cstr
.TL
cstr: Create Structure from Components
.CS
cstr(arg1, arg2, ...)
.PP
.AG argi
arbitrary value.  Missing values (NAs) are allowed.
.RT
structure with each argument as a component.  The component
name is the name given in name=value form.  If no name is
given in the argument, the dataset name of the argument is used.
(If the argument in question has no dataset name, the component
generated has an empty component name.)
.PP
See `array', `matrix', and `ts' for creating arrays, matrices,
or time-series.
.EX
cstr(Data=read("gnp"),comment="gross national product")
cstr(a,d=b,1:50)    #components named `a', `d', and no name
.KW basic*
.KW structure
.KW manip
.WR
