1) You have redefined the command list which creates lists - not a great idea.
2) See lapply; for example. Try something like: list.of.df <- lapply(list.of.filenames,read.csv) list.of.results <- lapply(list.of.df,your.application.function) Regards, David -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/creating-a-list-of-dataframes-tp3071598p3071710.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.

