I wanted to create a list with the names of variables and their values. So I wrote the following function.
add.to.list.names.vars.1 <- function(lnv, vnv) { i <- 1 while (i < length(vnv)) { z <- as.character(eval(substitute(quote(vnv[i+1])))[[2]][[i + 2]]) lnv[[vnv[i]]] <- list(Name = z, Value = vnv[i+1]) i <- i + 2 } lnv } It works, but it is very cumbersome. I wonder if there is a smarter way to do it. Here is an example: > my.list <- list() > x1 <- 3 > x2 <- 5 > y <- -34.5 > my.list <- add.to.list.names.vars.1(my.list, c("First Trade Position", x1, > "Second Trade Position", x2, "P&L", y)) > my.list $`First Trade Position` $`First Trade Position`$Name [1] "x1" $`First Trade Position`$Value [1] "3" $`Second Trade Position` $`Second Trade Position`$Name [1] "x2" $`Second Trade Position`$Value [1] "5" $`P&L` $`P&L`$Name [1] "y" $`P&L`$Value [1] "-34.5" ______________________________________________ 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.