\name{tail}
\alias{tail}
\alias{tail.default}
\alias{tail.data.frame}
\title{Last Part of an Object}
\description{
Returns the last elements of a vector, last rows of
a matrix, etc.
}
\usage{
tail(x, ...)
tail.default(x, n=6)
tail.data.frame(x, n=6)
}
\arguments{
  \item{x}{an object}
  \item{n}{ size for the resulting object, number of elements for a vector,
components for a list, rows for a matrix or data frame, lines for a function. }
}
\details{
For matrices and data frames, the last `n' rows are returned.
For functions, the last few lines of the deparsed function are
returned as character strings.
}
\value{
an object (usually) like \code{x} but generally smaller.
}
\author{Patrick Burns }


\seealso{\code{\link{head}}, \code{\link{corner}}. }

\examples{
data(freeny) # R command, not for S-PLUS
tail(freeny.x, n=10)
tail(freeny.y)
}
\keyword{manip }% at least one, from doc/KEYWORDS