create list with element names in variable in R

Question

How can I get from this:

names <- c("a", "b")
values <- c(1, 2)

To This:

list(
     list("a" = 1)
    ,list("b" = 2)
    )

I know this do not works:

ll <- list()
for(n in 1:length(names)){
  ll <- append(ll, list(names[n] = values[[n]]))
}

Any clue?

akrun · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-19 17:54:32Z

7

We can use

list(setNames(as.list(values), names))

answered Feb 19, 2017 at 17:54

akrun

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