Thanks for all the replies! I think I posted a poor example, but now I understand that you can name entries in a list. That is really neat.
Before I was just letting them default, which is kind of problematic. I think I also came across another way and also used the suggestion from Bert Gunter - thanks again: > example_list<-list(tracking<-c("house"), house_type<-c("brick", "wood"), > sizes<-c(1600, 1800, 2000, 2400)) > example_list [[1]] [1] "house" [[2]] [1] "brick" "wood" [[3]] [1] 1600 1800 2000 2400 > > cost_limits<-c(200000.25, 350010.15) > > example_list[[4]]<-cost_limits > > example_list [[1]] [1] "house" [[2]] [1] "brick" "wood" [[3]] [1] 1600 1800 2000 2400 [[4]] [1] 200000.2 350010.2 > c(example_list,list(CostStuff=cost_limits)) [[1]] [1] "house" [[2]] [1] "brick" "wood" [[3]] [1] 1600 1800 2000 2400 [[4]] [1] 200000.2 350010.2 $CostStuff [1] 200000.2 350010.2 ----- Original Message ---- From: Bert Gunter <gunter.ber...@gene.com> To: Jason Rupert <jasonkrup...@yahoo.com>; R-help@r-project.org Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 5:37:09 PM Subject: RE: [R] Appending Data to A n Existing List... ?c but you have to make sure z is a list: c(pts,z) ## probably is not what you want c(pts,list(z)) ## probably is, but z will be unnamed c(pts,list(z=z) ## names z "z" Cheers, Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jason Rupert Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:16 PM To: R-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Appending Data to A n Existing List... What steps can be take to append data to a list? Suppose I have the following list and want to append a z axist to the list? pts <- list(x=cars[,1], y=cars[,2]) z<-rnorm(max(dim(cars))) How would I go about appending z to an existing list? Thanks a ton... ______________________________________________ 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.