Copy List Elements into a List of Lists

Copy List Elements into a List of Lists

Usage

copyListElements(x, y, name = deparse(substitute(y)))

Arguments

x

list of lists

y

list of elements

name

name of target list element

Value

x with each sublist being extended by list element name

having been taken from y

Examples

x <- list(list(a = 1), list(b = 2), list(c = 3))
y <- list("b1", "b2", "b3")
str(copyListElements(x, y, "b"))
#> List of 3
#>  $ :List of 2
#>   ..$ a: num 1
#>   ..$ b: chr "b1"
#>  $ :List of 1
#>   ..$ b: chr "b2"
#>  $ :List of 2
#>   ..$ c: num 3
#>   ..$ b: chr "b3"