[R] Looking for a more elegant solution than a loop

[Fox, John]

Dear Erin,

How about

> x <- 6:9
> as.list(x)
[[1]]
[1] 6

[[2]]
[1] 7

[[3]]
[1] 8

[[4]]
[1] 9

Best,
 John

-----------------------------
John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox



> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Erin
> Hodgess
> Sent: October 26, 2015 9:32 PM
> To: R help <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Subject: [R] Looking for a more elegant solution than a loop
> 
> Hello!
> 
> The following (which is a toy example) works fine, but I wonder if there is a
> better or more elegant way than to do the loop:
> 
>  xz <- vector("list",length=4)
>  x <- 6:9
>  for(i in 1:4)xz[[i]] <- x[i]
>  xz
> [[1]]
> [1] 6
> 
> [[2]]
> [1] 7
> 
> [[3]]
> [1] 8
> 
> [[4]]
> [1] 9
> 
> This does exactly what I want, but the "for" loop seems out of place.
> Maybe not.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sincerely
> Erin
> 
> 
> --
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston -
> Downtown
> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
> 
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