Return a list

Dear R Users,

another problem for me is the output of a function.

I have several output variables which I give back with the list  
command.

test <- function	{return(list(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,...))}

After the usage of the function I want to assign the variables to  
the output variables.

result <- test()

a <- result$a
b <- result$b
c <- result$c
d <- result$d
...

is there a more elegant way to assign these variables, without  
writing them all down?

thank you very much for your help!

Stefan Fritsch