Hi guys, here is a list of names that I have: MyList: > myList<-list("A", "B","C","D") > myList [[1]] [1] "A"
[[2]] [1] "B" [[3]] [1] "C" [[4]] [1] "D" I want to turn this list into a matrix of 1 row and 4 columns with those four components (A, B, C, D) so here is what I do: myDataFrame <- data.frame(myList) and here is how myDataFrame looks like: > myDataFrame X.A. X.B. X.C. X.D. 1 A B C D Until that point everything is ok because if I want to retrieve one element I make > myDataFrame[[1]] [1] A Levels: A But when I try to convert into matrix by doing this: > myMatrix <- data.matrix(myDataFrame) I get this: > myMatrix X.A. X.B. X.C. X.D. [1,] 1 1 1 1 He just keeps the names and delete the components...What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance! ----- Anna Lippel -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Can-t-convert-list-to-matrix-properly-tp1589187p1589187.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.