You can convert this to list: as.list(vx)$a
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Matthias Gondan <matthias-gon...@gmx.de> wrote: > Dear R developers, > > A great R feature is that elements of vectors, lists and dataframes can have > names: > > vx = c(a=1, b=2) > lx = list(a=1, b=2) > > Accessing element "a" of vx: vx['a'] > Accessing element "a" of lx: lx[['a']] or lx$a > > Might be a matter of taste, but I like the $ very much. Unfortunately, vx$a > is not > functional. Would it break existing compatibility if the $ would be allowed > to > access elements of a vector, as well? > > Best regards, > > Matthias > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.