R help - Feb 2013 - make a list with names with s/lapply

Hello,

I open some files in a directory and get a list.


open.list <- sapply (namen, function (x) {file <- list.files (ddir,
pattern=x, full.names=TRUE) # namen is vector and each element detects a
special file to open
                               file <- read.table (file)
                                        }
)



This list has no names. I would like to get a list with key/value pairs and
namen is the vector delivering the names. So how does sapply or lapply get
the information to generate key/value pairs?

Thanks
Hermann

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Hello,

I'm not sure I understabd, but if the names are in 'namen' then the 
following might do what you want.

names(open.list) <- namen


Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 19-02-2013 18:09, Hermann Norpois escreveu:
> Hello,
>
> I open some files in a directory and get a list.
>
>
> open.list <- sapply (namen, function (x) {file <- list.files (ddir,
> pattern=x, full.names=TRUE) # namen is vector and each element detects a
> special file to open
>                                 file <- read.table (file)
>                                          }
> )
>
>
>
> This list has no names. I would like to get a list with key/value pairs and
> namen is the vector delivering the names. So how does sapply or lapply get
> the information to generate key/value pairs?
>
> Thanks
> Hermann
>
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>
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