Hi, This is still a combination. split(Reduce(cbind,x),1:nrow(Reduce(cbind,x))) #$`1` #[1] "A" "K" # #$`2` #[1] "B" "L" # #$`3` #[1] "C" "M" # #$`4` #[1] "D" "N" # #$`5` #[1] "E" "O"
A.K. ________________________________ From: Mathijs de Vaan <mathijsdev...@gmail.com> To: arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> Cc: R help <r-help@r-project.org> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [R] Reduce(paste, x) question I should have been more specific: y <- list() a <- c("A", "K") b <- c("B", "L") c <- c("C", "M") d <- c("D", "N") e <- c("E", "O") y[[1]] <- a y[[2]] <- b y[[3]] <- c y[[4]] <- d y[[5]] <- e y [[1]] [1] "A" "K" [[2]] [1] "B" "L" [[3]] [1] "C" "M" [[4]] [1] "D" "N" [[5]] [1] "E" "O" How do I get a list object like y (each element of y is a vector of strings) from: x[[1]] <- LETTERS[1:5] x[[2]] <- LETTERS[11:15] using only the Reduce function? Thanks! On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:43 PM, arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> wrote: HI, > >Try this: >I am not sure about the use of paste() here. >To get the output from x: >sapply(x,function(x) x) > > [,1] [,2] >[1,] "A" "K" >[2,] "B" "L" >[3,] "C" "M" >[4,] "D" "N" >[5,] "E" "O" > >If you want to get the result from: > res<-Reduce(paste, x) > do.call(rbind,strsplit(res," ")) ># [,1] [,2] >#[1,] "A" "K" >#[2,] "B" "L" >#[3,] "C" "M" >#[4,] "D" "N" >#[5,] "E" "O" > > >A.K. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: mdvaan <mathijsdev...@gmail.com> >To: r-help@r-project.org >Cc: >Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 2:47 PM >Subject: [R] Reduce(paste, x) question > >I have a question about the Reduce function: > >x <- list() >x[[1]] <- LETTERS[1:5] >x[[2]] <- LETTERS[11:15] >Reduce(paste, x) >[1] "A K" "B L" "C M" "D N" "E O" > >How do I get this?: >[1] "A" "K" >[2] "B" "L" >[3] "C" "M" >[4] "D" "N" >[5] "E" "O" > > >Thanks for your help! > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Reduce-paste-x-question-tp4648151.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.