Tena koe Yu One possibility:
lst[sapply(lst, function(x) length(x[x%in% c('a','c')])==2)] HTH ... Peter Alspach > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Yuan Jian > Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2010 1:35 a.m. > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] list operation > > Hi, > > it seems a simple problem, but I can not find a clear way. > I have a list: > lst=list(m=c('a','b','c'),n=c('c','a'),l=c('a','bc')) > > lst > $m > [1] "a" "b" "c" > $n > [1] "c" "a" > $l > [1] "a" "bc" > > how can I get list elements that include a given subset? for example, > for given subset {'a','c'}, the answer should be 'm' and 'n'. > > thanks > Yu > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.