thanks! It works. I couldn't possibly figure out such trick... soichi
2013/3/8 Jorge I Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com> > If I understood correctly, > > lapply(x, "[", 1:3) > > will do what you want. > > HTH, > Jorge.- > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:05 PM, ishi soichi <> wrote: > >> hi. I have a list like >> >> x <- list(1:10,11:20,21:30) >> >> It's a sort of a 3 x 10 matrix in list form. >> I would like to reduce the dimension of this list. >> >> it would be something like >> >> list(1:3, 11:13, 21,23) >> >> I tried >> >> x[,1:3] >> >> does not work of course. Neither >> >> lapply(x, [1:3]) >> >> works... >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> ishida >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.