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Learn Indexing List Elements | Lists
R Introduction

Indexing List Elements

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List elements can be accessed in several ways. And just like in vectors, indexing starts at 1.

Access by Index

Elements in a list can be accessed with either single or double brackets:

  • Using single brackets ([ ]) returns the element as a list;
  • Using double brackets ([[ ]]) returns the value itself.

Example

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test <- list(text = "Text", number = 42, logical = TRUE) # Extract as list test[2] # Extract as value test[[2]]

Access by Label

If a list has labels, you can extract elements using those labels. Just like with indices, you can use single brackets ([ ]) to return a list or double brackets ([[ ]]) to return the value. Additionally, the dollar sign ($) provides a shorthand for accessing values.

Example

1234567
test <- list(text = "Text", number = 42, logical = TRUE) # Extract as list test["text"] # Extract as value test[["text"]] test$text
Task

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You have a list info with course information.

You task is to:

  1. Extract the first element as a list.
  2. Output the class of this element with the class() function.
  3. Extract the fourth element as a numeric type.
  4. Output the class of this element with the class() function.

Solution

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