> ll<-list(c("1","2","3"),c("2","3","4")) > ll [[1]] [1] "1" "2" "3"
[[2]] [1] "2" "3" "4" > dd<-data.frame(matrix(nrow=10,ncol=3)) > dd X1 X2 X3 1 NA NA NA 2 NA NA NA 3 NA NA NA 4 NA NA NA 5 NA NA NA 6 NA NA NA 7 NA NA NA 8 NA NA NA 9 NA NA NA 10 NA NA NA > dd[1,]<-ll[[1]] > dd X1 X2 X3 1 1 2 3 2 <NA> <NA> <NA> 3 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 <NA> <NA> <NA> 5 <NA> <NA> <NA> 6 <NA> <NA> <NA> 7 <NA> <NA> <NA> 8 <NA> <NA> <NA> 9 <NA> <NA> <NA> 10 <NA> <NA> <NA> > dd[2,]<-ll[[2]] > dd X1 X2 X3 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 <NA> <NA> <NA> 5 <NA> <NA> <NA> 6 <NA> <NA> <NA> 7 <NA> <NA> <NA> 8 <NA> <NA> <NA> 9 <NA> <NA> <NA> 10 <NA> <NA> <NA> you could easily put this into a for loop such that dd[i,]<-ll[[i]] -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/adding-list-to-data-frame-iteratively-tp2531124p2532154.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.