> x <- list(seq = 3:7, alpha = c("a", "b", "c")) > x$alpha [1] "a" "b" "c" > x["alpha"] $alpha [1] "a" "b" "c" > x[c(1,2)] $seq [1] 3 4 5 6 7 $alpha [1] "a" "b" "c" *> x[c(1, alpha[2])]* *$<NA>* *NULL* *$<NA>* *NULL* How to access a character subset withing a list? Thank you for your effort... [[alternative HTML version deleted]]