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    <h1>Get the names of the variables in a fitted Bayesian model</h1>
    <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/mjskay/tidybayes/blob/HEAD/R/get_variables.R" class="external-link"><code>R/get_variables.R</code></a></small>
    <div class="hidden name"><code>get_variables.Rd</code></div>
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    <div class="ref-description">
    <p>Get a character vector of the names of the variables in a variety of fitted
Bayesian model types. All models supported by <code><a href="tidy_draws.html">tidy_draws()</a></code> are
supported.</p>
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    <div id="ref-usage">
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">get_variables</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">model</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="co"># Default S3 method</span></span>
<span><span class="fu">get_variables</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">model</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="co"># S3 method for class 'mcmc'</span></span>
<span><span class="fu">get_variables</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">model</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="co"># S3 method for class 'mcmc.list'</span></span>
<span><span class="fu">get_variables</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">model</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <h2>Arguments</h2>


<dl><dt id="arg-model">model<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-model"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A supported Bayesian model fit. Tidybayes supports a variety of model objects;
for a full list of supported models, see <a href="tidybayes-models.html">tidybayes-models</a>.</p></dd>

</dl></div>
    <div id="value">
    <h2>Value</h2>
    <p>A character vector of variable names in the fitted model.</p>
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    <div id="details">
    <h2>Details</h2>
    <p>This function is often useful for inspecting a model interactively in order
to construct calls to <code><a href="spread_draws.html">spread_draws()</a></code> or <code><a href="spread_draws.html">gather_draws()</a></code>
in order to extract draws from models in a tidy format.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="see-also">
    <h2>See also</h2>
    <div class="dont-index"><p><code><a href="spread_draws.html">spread_draws()</a></code>, <code><a href="spread_draws.html">gather_draws()</a></code>.</p></div>
    </div>
    <div id="author">
    <h2>Author</h2>
    <p>Matthew Kay</p>
    </div>

    <div id="ref-examples">
    <h2>Examples</h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/utils/data.html" class="external-link">data</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">line</span>, package <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"coda"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">get_variables</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">line</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] "alpha" "beta"  "sigma"</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/utils/data.html" class="external-link">data</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">RankCorr</span>, package <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"ggdist"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">get_variables</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">RankCorr</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [1] "b[1,1]"    "b[2,1]"    "b[3,1]"    "b[1,2]"    "b[2,2]"    "b[3,2]"   </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [7] "b[1,3]"    "b[2,3]"    "b[3,3]"    "b[1,4]"    "b[2,4]"    "b[3,4]"   </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [13] "tau[1]"    "tau[2]"    "tau[3]"    "u_tau[1]"  "u_tau[2]"  "u_tau[3]" </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [19] "typical_r"</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
</code></pre></div>
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