On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:53 PM, John linux-user <johnlinuxu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Maybe what I previously posted was not clear enough or something else. All
> vectors L1,L2.. and objects (e.g. a.list, b.list, c.list) already exit or
> easily to be created in a workspace. Do not worry about those. The key
> question is how to systematically append/assign these vectors to many objects
> (hundreds) in a loop without explicitly typing these object names one by one.
> Please refer to my code posted below to detail my question. I really
> appreciate your ideas/suggestions. John
>
Like David, I find this still somewhat confusing, but perhaps this
will get you started:
a3 <- 1:4
b3 <- 6
c3 <- letters
a_new_thing <- do.call(list, lapply(ls(pattern = "3"), get))
old_thing <- list("cow")
a_longer_old_thing <- c(old_thing, a_new_thing)
adapt as needed.
Best,
Michael
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