appending to a list with dynamic names
You can use setNames
to set the names on the fly:
a <- list(n1 = "hi", n2 = "hello")
c(a,setNames(list("hola"),paste("another","name",sep="_")))
Result:
$n1
[1] "hi"
$n2
[1] "hello"
$another_name
[1] "hola"
You could just use indexing with double brackets. Either of the following methods should work.
a <- list(n1 = "hi", n2 = "hello")
val <- "another name"
a[[val]] <- "hola"
a
#$n1
#[1] "hi"
#
#$n2
#[1] "hello"
#
#$`another name`
#[1] "hola"
a[[paste("blah", "ok", sep = "_")]] <- "hey"
a
#$n1
#[1] "hi"
#
#$n2
#[1] "hello"
#
#$`another name`
#[1] "hola"
#
#$blah_ok
#[1] "hey"