[R] list with number tags

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 Miguel.Mediavilla at CCPEDQ.desjardins.com wrote:

> Is it possible to create a list or a vector with tags being numbers?
>
> e.g.  a <- list(1=2, 3=4)

Yes, but you need to quote non-standard names like these, and you have to
be careful how you use them.  For example

> list("1"=2, "3"=4)
$"1"
[1] 2

$"3"
[1] 4


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