I've taken another look, and I actually think you're right. I'm going with Gabor's. Changing d to a list is such a simple solution that I can't believe I didn't try it earlier.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Peter Ehlers <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-07-03 09:47, Spencer Maynes wrote: > >> Thanks guys for the help, I'm going to go with Patrick Burns answer >> because >> it seems to work the best for my situation, but these all seem like they >> should work. >> > > Patrick's solution is similar to Gabor's, but, personally, > I favour Gabor's. Seems neatest and simplest to me. > > Peter Ehlers > > >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Patrick Burns <[email protected]>* >> *wrote: >> >> b <- rep(list(d), length(b)) >>> >>> >>> On 02/07/2012 23:16, Spencer Maynes wrote: >>> >>> I have a vector d of unknown length, and a list b of unknown length. I >>>> would like to replace every element of b with d. Simply writing b<-d >>>> does >>>> not work as R tries to fit every element of d to a different element of >>>> d, >>>> and b<-rep(d,length(b)) does not work either as it makes a list of >>>> length length(d)*length(b) not a list of length(b). I know how to do >>>> this >>>> with a for loop, but I feel that there has to be a more efficient way. >>>> Any >>>> suggestions? >>>> >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>> >>>> ______________________________****________________ >>>> [email protected] mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/****listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help> >>>> <https://stat.**ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-**help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >>>> > >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >>>> posting-guide.html >>>> <http://www.R-project.org/**posting-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >>>> > >>>> >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Patrick Burns >>> [email protected] >>> twitter: @portfolioprobe >>> http://www.portfolioprobe.com/****blog<http://www.portfolioprobe.com/**blog>< >>> http://www.portfolioprobe.**com/blog<http://www.portfolioprobe.com/blog> >>> > >>> >>> http://www.burns-stat.com >>> (home of 'Some hints for the R beginner' >>> and 'The R Inferno') >>> >>> >>> >>> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________**________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [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.
