If you are using the list as simply a collection of data frames a simple example to accomplish what you are describing is this:
data(iris) data(mtcars) y=list(iris, mtcars) #return Sepal.Length column from first data frame in list #list[[number of list component]][number of column] y[[1]][1] Cheers, On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Jana Makedonska <jmakedon...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I would like to know if I can call one of the columns of a list, to use it > as a variable in a function. > > Thanks in advance for any advice! > > Jana > > -- > > Jana Makedonska, > B.Sc. Biology, Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III > M.Sc. Paleontology, Paleobiology and Phylogeny, Universite de Montpellier > II > Ph.D. candidate in Physical Anthropology and Part-time lecturer > Department of Anthropology > College of Arts & Sciences > State University of New York at Albany > 1400 Washington Avenue > 12222 Albany, NY > Office phone: 518-442-4699 > http://electricsongs.academia.edu/JanaMakedonska > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHbT9VvtonM< > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRoMoLjzpf4&list=PL5BF6ACDCC2E4AAA0&index=7 > > > > [[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. > -- Charles Determan Integrated Biosciences PhD Student University of Minnesota [[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.
