R/combine.R

In gdata: Various R Programming Tools for Data Manipulation

combine <- function(..., names=NULL)
{
  tmp <- list(...)
  if(is.null(names))
    names <- names(tmp)
  if(is.null(names))
    names <- sapply(as.list(match.call()), deparse)[-1]

  if(any(sapply(tmp, is.matrix) | sapply(tmp, is.data.frame)))
  {
    len <- sapply(tmp, function(x) c(dim(x),1)[1])
    len[is.null(len)] <- 1
    data <- rbind(...)
  }
  else
  {
    len <- sapply(tmp,length)
    data <- unlist(tmp)

  }

  namelist <- factor(rep(names, len), levels=names)

  return(data.frame(data, source=namelist))
}