strange list structure question
Hi Rolf: it's not what's inside the lapplys that i was interested in which probably made my question more confusing. all i was trying to show was that, in EXAMPLE 1, the name comes back at the top level of the result. in EXAMPLE 2, i can use the name GGG inside the lapply functon to do whatever ( the whatever was just a stupid example which can be disregarded ). my question is : is it possible to do both: be able to return the name at the top level but also mess with the name inside the lapply. i'm ccing the list again because it's quite clear that my question was ill posed. thanks for that enlightenment. I can't show my actual example because it's too complicated but essentially i want to be able to return GGG at the top level like EXAMPLE 1 does but also use GGG inside the lapply like EXAMPLE 2 does. Thanks for telling me that i'm confusing !!!!
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Mark: What the <expletive deleted> are you actually trying to do? Your two applications of lapply() do in effect quite different things. The first gives a list of length 1; the single entry is named ``GGG''; this entry is a list of length 3. The second application gives a list of length 3. Each entry of this list is a vector of length 1. The single entry of each such vector has name ``GGG'' just as you requested. R does what you ask it to do. You have to be clear in your own mind as to just what you're asking. cheers, Rolf ###################################################################### Attention:This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not theintended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender.Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshalwww.marshalsoftware.com ######################################################################