[R] converting lists got by tapply to dataframes

[Andrew Robinson]

Wolfram,

try 

unlist(xb) 

Andrew

On Wednesday 10 March 2004 06:58, Wolfram Fischer wrote:
> I have two lists:
>
>     xa <- list( X=c(1,2,3), Y=c(4,5,6), Z=c(7,8,9) )
>
>     xb <- with( barley, tapply( X=seq(1:nrow(barley)), INDEX=site
>         , FUN=function(z)yield[z]))
>
> I can convert xa to a dataframe easily with:
>     as.data.frame(xa)
>
> But if i try the same with xb I get:
>     as.data.frame(xb)
>     Error in as.data.frame.default(xb) :
>     can't coerce array into a data.frame
>
> What helps?
>
> (NB: I know the formula for xb is stupid, but it generates the same
> type of list as the list I get from my real problem.)
>
> Wolfram
>
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