Hello:

Do you know of a simple function to return the value of a named element of a list if that exists, and return a default value otherwise?


It's an easy function to write (e.g., below). I plan to add this to the "Ecfun" package unless I find it in another CRAN package.


      Thanks,
      Spencer


    getElement <- function(element, default, list){
#       get element of list;  return elDefault if absent
        El <- list[[element]]
        if(is.null(El)){
            El <- default
        }
        El
    }

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