Try this: lapply(mtcars, function(.)names(mtcars)[match.call()[[2]][[3]]])
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jun Shen <jun.shen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear list, > > I want to loop over a list through lapply and at the same time I want to > extract some information from the names of the list elements. lapply does > not seem to carry the names. Is there anyway to access the names of a list > within lapply? Thanks. > > Jun > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
