Dear Ben, Is this the kind of thing you had in mind?
> lst <- list() > element <- "a" > lst[[element]] <- 1:5 > element <- "b" > lst[[element]] <- letters[1:5] > lst $a [1] 1 2 3 4 5 $b [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" I hope this helps, John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Shapiro > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [R] creating named elements of lists on the fly > > HI Folks, > > I'm trying to create a list with named elements. Only, I > don't know the names of the elements a priori (they come from > the data being calculated). Currently, my approach is to > create an environment, then assign things to the > environement, then as.list the environment to get a list. > > Running the code gives, for example: > > e2 <- new.env(FALSE, NULL) > > assign("dude", 123, env=e2) > > assign("chick", 456, env=e2) > > as.list(e2) > Error in as.vector(x, "list") : cannot coerce to vector > > Is this the best way to make a list like this? > > Thanks, > Ben ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
