[R] How to rbind listed data frames?

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assuming all data frames have the same format
do.call("rbind", dataList)

will concatenate all data frames contained in your list object.

Phil Wieland wrote, On 05/04/10 09:51:
> I made a list (dataList) of data frames. The list looks like this (the
> first two elements):
> 
> [[1]]
>     est         cond                           targets
> 1   400 exo_depth_65                        Hautklinik
> 2   300 exo_depth_65                       Ostturm_UKM
> 3   200 exo_depth_65 Kreuzung_Roxeler/Albert_Schweizer
> ...
> 
> 
> [[2]]
>     est    cond                           targets
> 1   400 control                        Hautklinik
> 2   220 control                       Ostturm_UKM
> 3   300 control Kreuzung_Roxeler/Albert_Schweizer
> ...
> 
> Now I would like to merge the data frames with rbind. It works fine this
> way:
> 
> rbind(dataList[[1]], dataList[[2]], ...)
> 
> but I would like to use lapply or a for loop to get rid of specifying
> the subscripts. The output of lapply(dataList, rbind) is always
> 
>      [,1]   [,2]
> [1,] List,3 List,3
> 
> Thanks for help...
> 
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