Thanks to Patrick Burns and Mark Lyman for their suggestions in
solving my problem.
Patrick suggested creating the list directly (the solution I opted for)
On 7/23/07, Patrick Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why not make the list directly:
>
> list.to.convert <- vector('list', n)
> for(x i
> Really I'd like the call to list() to behave as though the text had
> been entered directly so that you get
>
> > list(1:2, 3:4, 5:6)
> [[1]]
> [1] 1 2
>
> [[2]]
> [1] 3 4
>
> [[3]]
> [1] 5 6
>
> eval(parse(text=paste("list(",to.convert,")",sep="")))
[[1]]
[1] 1 2
[[2]]
[1] 3 4
[[3]]
[1
Hi All,
I have a problem trying to get a set of columns recognised as a list
and can't work out how to do it despite trawling through the mailing
list archives, and docs.
A short example...
to.convert <- NULL
n <- 6
for(x in 1:n){
to.convert <- paste(to.convert, paste((2 * x) -1, (2 * x), sep=
