eric lee <ericlee100 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to merge the following list and data frame by matching the first
> column in the data frame to the first number in each object of the list.
> I'd also like the merged object to be a list. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
> eric
>
> a <- list(c(1,11), c(2,12), c(3,13), c(4,14), c(5,16))
>
> b <- data.frame(1:5, 51:55)
>
Here is one idea:
> a <- list(c(1,11), c(2,12), c(3,13), c(4,14), c(5,16))
> b <- data.frame(1:5, 51:55)
> tmp <- merge(do.call("rbind", a), b, by=1)
> split(as.matrix(tmp), row(tmp))
$`1`
[1] 1 11 51
$`2`
[1] 2 12 52
$`3`
[1] 3 13 53
$`4`
[1] 4 14 54
$`5`
[1] 5 16 55
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