[R] convert multi dimensional array to list

[Greg Snow]

See fortune("toad") for a bit more on this concept.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:19 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:57 AM, anto.r wrote:
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>> Hi Michael
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>> thanks! That was the option if I kept it an array. The list format with $
>> sign since it leaves me feeling that the names are there and can be easily
>> accessed. Why would you rather not use the $ sign?
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> It would be better in programing to learn to use the "[[" operator for which '$' is just a particular application that is less flexible because it won't evaluate its argument.
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>> I use R-Studio and there names can be selected from a drop-down list, I have
>> found it easier but that could be my lack of proper training in R.
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> You should be able to do that with column names in dataframes using object[["col"]]
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>> Cheers
>> Anto
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