[R] create a list fails

I can not understand why this fails faicoutput2 - list(stuff21 = as.numeric(faicout$coefficients[2]), + stuff31=as.numeric(faicout$coefficients[3]), + stuff41=as.numeric(faicout$coefficients[4]), + stuff32=(stuff21-stuff31), +

Re: [R] create a list fails

I do not see that it has been created yet. You my have defined it earlier in the 'list' expression, but as an object it is not available yet. You might have to do something like uwing 'within' x - list() x - within(x, { + a = 1:10 + b = 11:20 + c = a + b + d = a * b}) x $d [1] 11 24 39

Re: [R] create a list fails

I suspect that Dr. Jim is conflating the behavior of R w.r.t. arguments in a function call (where assignment to one argument can be seen by another argument) with the behavior of naming items in a list expression. -- David. On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:01 AM, jim holtman wrote: I do not see

Re: [R] create a list fails

Your first example is all one statement. Within that statement you are defining elements of a list. Unfortunately you are defining some of those elements in terms of others, but they don't exist until the statement has completed. If you break the statement up into an initial list formation