In the absence of a reproducible example (your example is not reproducible as is), try this:
names(help.me) <- as.character(2:4) library('plyr') newDF <- ldply(help.me, rbind) newDF[['.id']] <- as.numeric(newDF[['.id']]) ldply will create a new column named .id that contains the name of the list component (hence the choice of names). The post-processing to convert the characters to numeric values should get you the result you want. HTH, Dennis On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM, xhan <x...@lifesci.ucsb.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a list of lists that I would like to convert into a dataframe such > that the name(?) of the individual lists is replicated as rows with each > item in the list listed in another column. > > I have provided a partial from my list: (let's say the list is called > "help.me") > > [[2]] > [1] 18 27 11 18 12 15 12 14 7 17 15 16 12 19 14 21 13 13 20 20 16 15 18 > 11 14 > [26] 10 11 15 9 16 12 17 20 12 11 15 15 16 14 14 12 15 14 11 19 12 18 24 > 12 8 > [51] 14 13 13 15 16 9 13 11 17 8 8 15 18 11 12 16 12 12 12 13 12 25 21 > 11 8 > [76] 19 5 10 13 16 11 13 11 16 7 12 15 15 16 11 9 10 15 7 16 12 11 13 > 12 12 > > [[3]] > [1] 18 27 12 18 18 17 12 16 7 17 16 18 14 19 16 22 13 14 22 20 16 15 20 > 14 14 > [26] 11 11 16 9 16 12 19 20 12 11 17 15 17 14 14 14 15 15 11 19 13 18 25 > 13 10 > [51] 14 13 14 15 18 10 13 11 18 12 10 15 20 13 12 17 13 13 12 16 12 26 22 > 11 8 > [76] 21 6 10 14 18 11 14 11 16 8 14 17 16 17 11 10 10 16 7 20 13 11 13 > 12 14 > > [[4]] > [1] 18 27 12 18 18 17 12 16 7 17 16 18 14 19 16 22 13 14 22 20 16 15 20 > 14 14 > [26] 11 11 17 9 16 12 19 20 12 11 17 15 17 14 14 14 15 15 11 19 13 18 25 > 13 10 > [51] 14 13 14 15 18 10 13 11 18 12 10 15 20 13 12 17 13 13 12 17 12 26 22 > 11 8 > [76] 21 6 10 14 18 11 14 11 16 8 14 17 17 17 11 10 10 16 7 20 13 11 13 > 12 14 > > What I would like is two columns: > Column1 Column2 > 2 18 > 2 27 > 2 11 > 2 18 > 2 12 > 2 15 > . . > . . > . . > 3 18 > 3 27 > 3 12 > . . > . . > . . > > And so forth. I would appreciate any help, thanks so much! > > Shirley~ > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Converting-list-of-lists-into-dataframes-tp3913433p3913433.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. > ______________________________________________ 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.