Try this: subset(as.data.frame(do.call(rbind, lapply(l, "[", , 1))), row3 == "Message 1")
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Lara Poplarski <larapoplar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an object that looks (roughly) like the following: > > l <- list(a = matrix(rnorm(9), 3), b = matrix(rnorm(9), 3), c = > matrix(rnorm(9), 3)) > > l$a[3,] <- sample(c("Message 1", "Message 2", "Message 3")) > l$b[3,] <- sample(c("Message 1", "Message 2", "Message 3")) > l$c[3,] <- sample(c("Message 1", "Message 2", "Message 3")) > > rownames(l$a) <- rownames(c(1:3), do.NULL = FALSE, prefix = "row") > rownames(l$b) <- rownames(c(1:3), do.NULL = FALSE, prefix = "row") > rownames(l$c) <- rownames(c(1:3), do.NULL = FALSE, prefix = "row") > > colnames(l$a) <- c("V1", "V2", "V3") > colnames(l$b) <- c("V1", "V2", "V3") > colnames(l$c) <- c("V1", "V2", "V3") > > I want to extract values (row1, V1) for the three sublists a, b, c, > but only for those cases in which row3 == "Message 1". Could someone > suggest how to proceed? > > Many thanks in advance, > Lara > > ______________________________________________ > 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.