[R] Substitute list value

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 13/07/2012 9:50 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> Jessica:
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:35 AM, Jessica Streicher <j.streicher at micromata.de
> > wrote:
>
> > two things:
> >
> > - R always counts from 1, not from 0
> > - listmembers are accessed by using [[ ]] , not [ ]
> >
>
> FALSE! -- or at least not clearly stated:
>
>   > x <- list(a=letters[1:3],b=1:4)
> > x[[2]]
> [1] 1 2 3 4
> > x[2]
> $b
> [1] 1 2 3 4
>
> Note that the first is a vector, the second component of x; while the
> second is a list whose only component is the second component of x.

I think Jessica was right, and clear.  List members are accessed using 
[[ ]].  Lists are subsetted using [ ].  Your first example extracts the 
second member of x.  Your second example constructs a new list with a 
subset of the members that are in x.

Duncan Murdoch

>
> -- Bert
>
> >
> > try
> >
> > t1[t==ll[[1]], "v"] <- 99
> >
> > greetings Jessi
> >
> >
> > On 11.07.2012, at 15:47, Charles Stangor wrote:
> >
> > > I can't seem to determine how to get the name of a list member to
> > > substitute:
> > >
> > > ll <- list("a1" = "a","a2" = "b")
> > >
> > > t1[t==ll[0], "v"] <- 99
> > >
> > > why doesn't this substitute to:
> > >
> > > t1[t=="a", "v"] <- 99
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Charles Stangor
> > > Professor
> > >
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