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J. Mini

Reputation: 1610

Is there a different syntax for creating environments in base R?

Suppose that I wanted to create a new environment with members a=5, b=6, and c=7. This is the best way that I know:

e<-new.env()
e$a<-5
e$b<-6
e$c<-7

Compared to the equivalent syntax for lists, which would just be e<-list(a=5,b=6,c=7), this is a pain. I know that the Tidyverse has a better way of doing this, but what about base R? Is there a different syntax for creating environments and adding elements?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 38

Answers (1)

akrun
akrun

Reputation: 887911

If we create a named list, an option to create objects would be list2env. The envir can be .GlobalEnv (creates objects on the global environment) or a custom environment (e)

list2env(list(a = 5, b = 6, c = 7), envir = e)

Upvotes: 1

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