[R] Container/Collection Object to keep data structures and object

Sharpie chuck at sharpsteen.net
Wed Dec 2 02:31:41 CET 2009



Amir Liu wrote:
> 
> I want to have a collection object that can store objects. In R I only saw
> lists. But these only seem to be able to handle basic objects like numbers
> and strings. Whenever I tried to add more complicated objects or just very
> simple data structures like matrices I would get an error like:
> 
> "number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length"
> 
> What is the general purpose collection object in R to store more complex
> objects, or how are these things generally approached?
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Amir
> 

Lists should be capable of holding any arbitrary R object.  How are you
trying to insert components such as a matrix?
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