skeleton_list: Create an empty recursive skeleton list.
In LAJordanger/leanRcoding: Leaner R Coding

Sometimes it's convenient to store stuff in lists, i.e. if the stuff of interest contains attributes that might be needed in later functions. When these lists are recursive, this function can simplify the remaining code by creating a skeleton for the desired structure, based on the names to be used at the different levels.

1 2	skeleton_list(names_list, default_content = NULL, add_names_list_as_attribute = TRUE, compact = FALSE)

`names_list`	A list-object containing vectors with the names to be used on the different levels (unique content required), where the rule is that the first component contains the names to be used at the top-level, and so on. If `names_list` is a vector, then an ordinary list will be created with names in accordance with those in the vector. Note that any `names`-attributes from `names_list` will be discarded in the construction of the new list. The list given to `names_list` must be a named list if the argument `compact` is `TRUE`.
`default_content`	Use this argument to specify a desired default for the "nodes" of the recursive list. The default selection for this argument is `NULL`.
`add_names_list_as_attribute`	Logic value, default `TRUE`, that will add the attribute `names_list` to the new list and assign `names_list` as its value.
`compact`	Logical value, default `FALSE`. This argument can be used to create a version of the result where the names are suppressed in exchange for an index-function (added as an attribute) that can find the correct level based on the names that normally would have been used. Note that `names_list` must have unique names when `compact` is given as `TRUE`. If `names_list` is a vector, then this argument will be ignored.

A (recursive) list with names in accordance with those given in names_list, or with an index-function-attribute as described for the compact-argument.

LAJordanger/leanRcoding documentation built on Feb. 27, 2020, 4:42 p.m.