Why not just reorder the elements of the list so they should match? t1 <- t1[ names(t1)[order(names(t1))]] t2 <- t2[ names(t2)[order(names(t2))]]
identical(t1,t2) On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 7:52 AM John Harrold <john.m.harr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way to compare t1 and t2 above such that the name is used > instead of the index? > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 9:14 PM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Nope. You misread I think. It says that use.names = TRUE causes > mismatches > > to be **reported** by name rather than index, not that it is recursing by > > name. It still recurses by component indices. > > > > However, I still think that is wrong. It is not reporting mismatches > > **by** name -- it is reporting mismatches **in** names as well as in > value. > > > > > > Bert Gunter > > > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along > and > > sticking things into it." > > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 8:23 PM John Harrold <john.m.harr...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Howdy Folks, > >> > >> I believe I'm having trouble understanding the documentation for > >> all.equal. > >> If I have two lists like this: > >> > >> t1 = list(a = c(1,2,3), > >> b = c("1", "2", "3")) > >> t2 = list( b = c("1", "2", "3"), > >> a = c(1,2,3)) > >> > >> If I read the documentation correctly, by setting use.names equal to > TRUE > >> I > >> believe this comparison should evaluate as true: > >> > >> all.equal(t1,t2, use.names=TRUE) > >> > >> However, I get the following output: > >> > >> which appears as though it is performing the comparison based on walking > >> through indices and comparing that way. > >> > >> [1] "Names: 2 string mismatches" > >> [2] "Component 1: Modes: numeric, character" > >> [3] "Component 1: target is numeric, current is character" > >> [4] "Component 2: Modes: character, numeric" > >> [5] "Component 2: target is character, current is numeric" > >> > >> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? > >> -- > >> John > >> :wq > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > John > :wq > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.