R help - Sep 2004 - R-devel not R-help (was "Bug? using { as a function ...")

Gabor,
> The real problem is how to create a list with given names
> and constant content.  
When this is your problem to solve, why don't you do the following?

as.constlist <- function(content, names){
	content <- rep(list(content), length=length(names))
	names(content) <- names
	content
}
nams <- letters[1:3]
v <- 1:2
as.constlist(v, nams)


Best 


Jens Oehlschl??gel

> I find I need to do that and when I noticed
> a recent problem posted on r-help that required it I decided it was 
> time that I figured out a better way to do it.  I simplified the 
> problem for purpose of bringing out the error more clearly but it
> otherwise does stem from a real problem.
> 
> To illustrate, we will use this test data:
> 
> 		 nams <- letters[1:3]
> 		 v <- 1:2
> 
> The following will do it:
> 
> 		 L <- rep(list(v), length(nams))
> 		 names(L) <- nams
> 
> but I wanted a more compact expression.
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