true, it did work using unlist() funciton, it can be found the minimum value.
and for further step, if i want identify the minimum value with the list, which means the minimum value i have found is belonged to which list[[j]][[i]]. i used the codes like this ##which(list1==min(list1))## but it did not work. thanks for helping -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/automatically-generate-the-output-name-of-my-for-loops-tp3592160p3609298.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.