You lost me with the TRN and TRN_CLUSTER bits, but are you trying to make a list of lists?
> Data_ <- list() > SN <- 1:12 > for(sn in SN) { + Data_[[sn]] <- list() + for(i in 1:10) { + Data.X <- rnorm(5, 0, 10) + Data_[[sn]][[i]] <- Data.X + }} > > Data_[[3]][[2]] [1] -5.687070 -2.365589 12.378359 10.797234 -3.815883 > Data_[[5]][[9]] [1] 3.705303 -6.955137 -0.730882 2.108603 -2.898769 By the way, calling your data Data_ is generally a really bad idea. Sarah On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:10 PM, LCOG1 <jr...@lcog.org> wrote: > So im here now b/c im incredibly frustrated. Please consider the following: > > #Try 1 > > Data_<-list() > Sn<-1:12 > for(sn in Sn){ > for(i in 1:10){ > Data.X <- rnorm(100,0,10) > Data_[[paste(sn,i,sep="-")]]<-Data.X > } > } > > ##Try 2 > Data_<-list() > Sn<-1:12 > for(sn in Sn){ > for(i in 1:10){ > Data.X <- rnorm(100,0,10) > Data_[[sn]][[i]]<-Data.X > } > } > > In Try 1 i am able to append separately each of the 120 different > combinations of element types. But if i want to retrieve the data i have to > create a separate value by 're' pasting the two element names (sn,i) > together instead of just referencing them via subscripts [[sn]][[i]]. I > have code for some other things where this works fine and the code im > working on currently only craps out on certain data and its all the same > (between different element types) so i cant figure out what the deal is. > > Doing things the way my code is written in Try 2 i return: > > $TRN[[11]] > [1] 3488.300 384592.030 33478.449 20542.162 28967.105 9667.843 > 39702.814 250780.450 55615.836 12023.944 > [11] 2060.849 3001.797 9252.429 86008.546 1209.302 26470.770 > 11700.330 7575.689 328187.431 > > $TRN[[12]] > [1] 2645.294 70933.649 34832.911 203584.014 7040.440 49305.850 > 53736.759 22394.943 223590.439 26145.437 > [11] 42278.920 41736.813 40478.030 > > > $TRN_CLUST > [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > Where $TRN[[n]] goes from 1-12 (only show 11,12 here) and $TRN_CLUST should > do the same but there are times when i have missing values, hence the zero, > but it doesnt store it the same (e.g $TRN_CLUST[[1]] > [1] 0 > > $TRN_CLUST[[2]] > [1] 0 > > .... > > What nuance am i missing here? Hope my question and issue are clear. > Thanks > > Josh > > ---- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.