Hi, list1<-lapply(c("",2:3),function(x) paste0("hi I am here!",x)) #or list1<- as.list(paste0("hi I am here!",c("",2:3)))
str(list1) #List of 3 # $ : chr "hi I am here!" # $ : chr "hi I am here!2" # $ : chr "hi I am here!3" It is not a list within a list list2<-list1[grepl("2",unlist(list1))] list2 #[[1]] #[1] "hi I am here!2" #list within a list listNew<- list( as.list(paste0("hi I am here!",c("",2:3)))) str(listNew) #List of 1 # $ :List of 3 # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!" #..$ : chr "hi I am here!2" #..$ : chr "hi I am here!3" listNew2<- lapply(1:3,function(x) as.list(paste0("hi I am here!",c("",2:3)))) str(listNew2) #List of 3 # $ :List of 3 # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!" #..$ : chr "hi I am here!2" #..$ : chr "hi I am here!3" #$ :List of 3 # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!" # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!2" # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!3" # $ :List of 3 # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!" # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!2" # ..$ : chr "hi I am here!3" A.K. Okay im pretty new in r... and im having trouble figuring how to filtering out data just say for example i have a list which prints out > list1 [[1]] [1] "hi I am here!" [[2]] [1] "hi I am here!2" [[3]] [1] "hi I am here!3" .... 1) okay first I need to confirm , is that a list within a list ? since its displaying [[1]] [1] <-- in this fashion 2) and now just say i want to have list1 to only contain the list with the number 2 in it how do i do it? or any methods to suggest ? ______________________________________________ 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.