[R] list names

[Robert M. Flight]

So I have a list variable, and each item has a name. Is it possible to
return just the names in the list and not the contents of each one?

Example:

Currently, if I have a list variable "matrices", and it contains 3
matrices, "M1", "M2", and "M3", if I type:

matrices, R returns $M1 -> listing of numbers in matrix; $M2 ->
listing of numbers in matrix, and $M3 -> listing of numbers in the
matrix.

Is there a way to have it return only the names $M1, $M2, $M3?

I know this seems trivial and I'm sure it has been asked before, but I
can't find it.

Thanks in advance.

-Robert

Robert M. Flight, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Computing Laboratory
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

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