R help - Sep 2008 - comparing a list and vector and returnig the listname

hi,

I have list of length 5453 and vector of length 14318.I need to compare the
vector with the list and return the list name if matched.I am thinking of
using an lapply but how to retrive the listname is wat i am puzzled abt.
kindly let me know how to go abt it.

Ramya
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If I understand, try this:

names(l[l %in% v])

where l is your list and v is your vector.

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Rajasekaramya
<ramya.victory@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> I have list of length 5453 and vector of length 14318.I need to compare the
> vector with the list and return the list name if matched.I am thinking of
> using an lapply but how to retrive the listname is wat i am puzzled abt.
> kindly let me know how to go abt it.
>
> Ramya
> --
> View this message in context:
>
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Maybe, for vector v and list l

match(v,names(l))

?

--Adam

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Rajasekaramya wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> I have list of length 5453 and vector of length 14318.I need to compare the
> vector with the list and return the list name if matched.I am thinking of
> using an lapply but how to retrive the listname is wat i am puzzled abt.
> kindly let me know how to go abt it.
>
> Ramya
> -- 
> View this message in context:
http://www.nabble.com/comparing-a-list-and-vector-and-returnig-the-listname-tp19415038p19415038.html
> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at 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.
>