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it may help regards +------------------------------------------------- | Patrizio Frederic | Research associate in Statistics, | Department of Economics, | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, | Via Berengario 51, | 41100 Modena, Italy | | tel: +39 059 205 6727 | fax: +39 059 205 6947 | mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +------------------------------------------------- 2008/7/23 Michael Friendly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > For a function that takes an argument as a list of lists of parameters, I'd > like to be able to convert that > to a data.frame and vice versa, but can't quite figure out how. > > pats <- list(structure(list(shape = 0, shape.col = "black", shape.lty = 1, > cell.fill = "white", back.fill = "white", label = 1, label.size = 1, > ref.col = "gray80", ref.grid = "yes", scale.max = 100), .Names = > c("shape", > "shape.col", "shape.lty", "cell.fill", "back.fill", "label", > "label.size", "ref.col", "ref.grid", "scale.max")), structure(list( > shape = 0, shape.col = "black", shape.lty = 1, cell.fill = "pink", > back.fill = "white", label = 1, label.size = 1, ref.col = "gray80", > ref.grid = "yes", scale.max = 100), .Names = c("shape", "shape.col", > "shape.lty", "cell.fill", "back.fill", "label", "label.size", > "ref.col", "ref.grid", "scale.max")), structure(list(shape = 0, > shape.col = "black", shape.lty = 1, cell.fill = "red", back.fill = > "white", > label = 1, label.size = 1, ref.col = "gray80", ref.grid = "yes", > scale.max = 100), .Names = c("shape", "shape.col", "shape.lty", > "cell.fill", "back.fill", "label", "label.size", "ref.col", "ref.grid", > "scale.max"))) > > So, I want pats.df to have 10 columns, > c("shape", "shape.col", "shape.lty", "cell.fill", "back.fill", "label", > "label.size", "ref.col", "ref.grid", "scale.max"), and 3 rows for this > example. > > Given pats.df, I'd want to turn that back to pats. > > thanks for any help, > -Michael > > -- > Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca Professor, Psychology > Dept. > York University Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 > 4700 Keele Street http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/friendly.html > Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.