\name{thin} \alias{thin} \alias{thin<-} \title{How often to write MCMC iterations to file} \description{ A value greater than one means that not every MCMC iteration is written to file. } \usage{ thin(x, ...) } \arguments{ \item{x}{An object of class \code{XdeParameter}} \item{\dots}{not implemented} } \details{ \code{thin} is an accessor for the first element in the vector returned by the method \code{output}. The replacement method replaces the first element in the \code{output} vector. } \value{ An integer. } \author{R. Scharpf} \seealso{\code{\link{output}}} \keyword{methods}