[R] indexing into a list 2

[Anna H. Pryor]

I didn't explain myself well.

You are right about not needing a list on the right hand side of the equation 
below.  What I end up with is a list of arrays.  Now what i would like to do 
is to access the individual elements in the arrays in the list.  For example, 
when I type, y[[1]], I just get the whole first array.  How do I get the 
first element in the first  array for instance?  Is that not possible?

Anna





Anna H. Pryor wrote:

> I am trying to make an array of lists.  I don't think that I am doing it 
right 
> however because I cannot access the individual elements of the lists once I 
> have created the array of lists.  Can someone help?
> 
> 
> for(i in 1:3){
>      y[[i]] =  list(name[((i-1)*index+1):(i*index)])
>    }
> 
> Anna

Certainly you are not going to create an array of lists, but you are 
going to create "just" a list. See the manuals for details.

If "name" is an atomic vector, you won't need a list, but to stay within 
  your example:

  y[[i]] <- name[((i-1)*index+1):(i*index)]

to write the assignment's right hand side to the i-th element of list y.

Uwe Ligges