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> y <- list(1,2,3,4,5) > y [[1]] [1] 1 [[2]] [1] 2 [[3]] [1] 3 [[4]] [1] 4 [[5]] [1] 5 > unlist(y) [1] 1 2 3 4 5 > On 1/18/06, Norman Goodacre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear group, > > I am nearly beside myself. After an entire night spent on a niggling > little detail, I am no closer to to the truth. I loaded an Excel file in > .csv form into R. It apparentely loads as a list, but not the kind of list > you can use. Oh no, it converts into a list that cannot be converted into > an integer, numeric, or vector, only a matrix, whihc is useless without > integers. > > How can I get a list of the form [1] 1,2,3,4,5 into the form [1] 1 [2] > 2 [3] 3 [4] 4 [5] 5? Depending on hwo you define a list, apparentely, it > goes one way or the other. > > x <- list(1:5) means you have [1] 1,2,3,4,5 > y <- list(1,2,3,4,5) means you have [1] 1 [2] 2 [3] 3 [4] 4 [5] 5 > > Can anyone help?# > > I woudl greatly appreciate it. > > Sincerely, > Norman Goodacre > > > > --------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 247 0281 What the problem you are trying to solve? [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html