[R] Using the get() function on an object within a list

klc
2010-03-30T21:23:58Z

Hi-

I am trying use the get function to return the value of an object within a
list.  As an abbreviated example:

"original" represents a list of several objects, one of which is
"a.1".
   original<-vector('list',5)
   names(original) <-
c("a.1","a.2","a.3","b.1","b.2")
   original$a.1 <- c(4,3)

When I enter:
  original$a.1
R returns the following vector
  [1] 4 3
however, when I enter:
  get("original$a.1")
R returns the following error:
  "Error in get("original$a.1") : object 'original$a.1'
not found"

Does anyone happen to know how to resolve this error?

I pose this question because ultimately I would like to use the get function
to convert particular objects within "original" into separate lists
as:
   species <- c(1,2,3)
   A <- vector('list',length(species))
   A <- lapply(paste("original$a.", species, sep=""),
get)

I apologize if I missed this question in a previous post.

Many thanks-
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