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Reputation: 1572

Adding lists names as plot titles in lapply call in R

sample <- 
structure(list(GB05 = structure(c(22L, 34L, 26L, 2L), .Dim = 4L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
    c("98", "100", "102", "106")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), 
    GB18 = structure(c(8L, 14L, 70L), .Dim = 3L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("173", "175", "177")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), 
    GB06 = structure(c(2L, 16L, 48L, 10L, 10L, 6L), .Dim = 6L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("234", "238", "240", "242", "244", "246")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), 
    GB27 = structure(c(2L, 28L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 15L, 
    17L, 4L, 5L), .Dim = 12L, .Dimnames = structure(list(c("145", 
    "147", "149", "151", "156", "159", "165", "167", "169", "171", 
    "173", "175")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), GB24 = structure(c(2L, 
    4L, 41L, 10L, 6L, 2L, 14L, 2L, 3L), .Dim = 9L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("240", "241", "242", "243", "244", "247", "249", "251", 
        "253")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), GB28 = structure(c(30L, 
    22L, 2L, 10L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Dim = 9L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("363", "364", "365", "367", "371", "377", "380", "384", 
        "390")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), GB15 = structure(c(12L, 
    16L, 43L, 2L, 3L, 4L), .Dim = 6L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("142", "144", "146", "147", "148", "152")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), 
    GB02 = structure(c(6L, 78L, 4L), .Dim = 3L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("194", "197", "200")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), 
    GB10 = structure(c(2L, 36L, 7L, 1L, 16L, 20L), .Dim = 6L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("124", "126", "128", "130", "132", "134")), .Names = ""), class = "table"), 
    GB14 = structure(c(3L, 6L, 7L, 37L, 7L), .Dim = 5L, .Dimnames = structure(list(
        c("181", "184", "187", "193", "196")), .Names = ""), class = "table")), .Names = c("GB05", 
"GB18", "GB06", "GB27", "GB24", "GB28", "GB15", "GB02", "GB10", 
"GB14"))

How to get the names in this list to appear as plot titles in this lapply call (one title for each plot) ?

dev.new()
par(mfrow=c(2,5))
lapply(sample,function(x) plot(x,main=names[x]))

I don't understand why main=names[x] won't work.

Upvotes: 11

Views: 3960

Answers (1)

A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1
A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1

Reputation: 193687

Use lapply on the names of the list items instead:

lapply(names(afn), function(x) plot(afn[[x]], main=x))

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To see why you aren't getting your names, run lapply(afn, function(x) names(x)) gives you the names of each list item or something else. Try the same with lapply(names(afn), function(x) x) and compare the difference. Then, remember that we can extract a single list item by name by using [[.

Upvotes: 25

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