Thanks guys for the help, I'm going to go with Patrick Burns answer because it seems to work the best for my situation, but these all seem like they should work.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Patrick Burns <pbu...@pburns.seanet.com>wrote: > b <- rep(list(d), length(b)) > > > On 02/07/2012 23:16, Spencer Maynes wrote: > >> I have a vector d of unknown length, and a list b of unknown length. I >> would like to replace every element of b with d. Simply writing b<-d does >> not work as R tries to fit every element of d to a different element of d, >> and b<-rep(d,length(b)) does not work either as it makes a list of >> length length(d)*length(b) not a list of length(b). I know how to do this >> with a for loop, but I feel that there has to be a more efficient way. Any >> suggestions? >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________**________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > -- > Patrick Burns > pbu...@pburns.seanet.com > twitter: @portfolioprobe > http://www.portfolioprobe.com/**blog <http://www.portfolioprobe.com/blog> > http://www.burns-stat.com > (home of 'Some hints for the R beginner' > and 'The R Inferno') > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
