[R] Converting list of lists into dataframes

[Dennis Murphy]

In the absence of a reproducible example (your example is not
reproducible as is), try this:

names(help.me) <- as.character(2:4)

library('plyr')
newDF <- ldply(help.me, rbind)
newDF[['.id']] <- as.numeric(newDF[['.id']])

ldply will create a new column named .id that contains the name of the
list component (hence the choice of names). The post-processing to
convert the characters to numeric values should get you the result you
want.

HTH,
Dennis

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM, xhan <xhan at lifesci.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a list of lists that I would like to convert into a dataframe such
> that the name(?) of the individual lists is replicated as rows with each
> item in the list listed in another column.
>
> I have provided a partial from my list: (let's say the list is called
> "help.me")
>
> [[2]]
>  [1] 18 27 11 18 12 15 12 14  7 17 15 16 12 19 14 21 13 13 20 20 16 15 18
> 11 14
>  [26] 10 11 15  9 16 12 17 20 12 11 15 15 16 14 14 12 15 14 11 19 12 18 24
> 12  8
>  [51] 14 13 13 15 16  9 13 11 17  8  8 15 18 11 12 16 12 12 12 13 12 25 21
> 11  8
>  [76] 19  5 10 13 16 11 13 11 16  7 12 15 15 16 11  9 10 15  7 16 12 11 13
> 12 12
>
> [[3]]
>  [1] 18 27 12 18 18 17 12 16  7 17 16 18 14 19 16 22 13 14 22 20 16 15 20
> 14 14
>  [26] 11 11 16  9 16 12 19 20 12 11 17 15 17 14 14 14 15 15 11 19 13 18 25
> 13 10
>  [51] 14 13 14 15 18 10 13 11 18 12 10 15 20 13 12 17 13 13 12 16 12 26 22
> 11  8
>  [76] 21  6 10 14 18 11 14 11 16  8 14 17 16 17 11 10 10 16  7 20 13 11 13
> 12 14
>
> [[4]]
>  [1] 18 27 12 18 18 17 12 16  7 17 16 18 14 19 16 22 13 14 22 20 16 15 20
> 14 14
>  [26] 11 11 17  9 16 12 19 20 12 11 17 15 17 14 14 14 15 15 11 19 13 18 25
> 13 10
>  [51] 14 13 14 15 18 10 13 11 18 12 10 15 20 13 12 17 13 13 12 17 12 26 22
> 11  8
>  [76] 21  6 10 14 18 11 14 11 16  8 14 17 17 17 11 10 10 16  7 20 13 11 13
> 12 14
>
> What I would like is two columns:
> Column1                Column2
> 2                          18
> 2                          27
> 2                          11
> 2                          18
> 2                          12
> 2                          15
> .                           .
> .                           .
> .                           .
> 3                          18
> 3                          27
> 3                          12
> .                           .
> .                           .
> .                           .
>
> And so forth. I would appreciate any help, thanks so much!
>
> Shirley~
>
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