linearizeNestedList: linearize nested lists
In mbannert/gateveys: An R Toolbox for Business Tendency Survey Researchers

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

This function un-nests a list and stores the result into a named list with all elements on the first depth level. The function is recursive and its input is only limited by the maximum nesting level R allows for.

1 2	linearizeNestedList(nList, linearizeDataFrames = FALSE, nameSep = ".", forceNames = FALSE)

`nList`	input nested List
`linearizeDataFrames`	logical to indicate whether data.frames should be linearized too
`nameSep`	character to seperate different list elements
`forceNames`	logical to indicate whether original names should be removed and sequential numbers should be used

a linear list whose names hold the information containing in the nesting of the input list

Akhil Behl <akhilsbehl@gmail.com>, Matthias Bannert <bannert@kof.ethz.ch>

This function was originally created by Akhil Behl and was only slightly modified by the author of this package. The original code can be found on his website: https://sites.google.com/site/akhilsbehl/geekspace/articles/r/linearize_nested_lists_in_r

# first create a nested list
nestedList <- list(A=list(a=c(1,2,3),b=c(3,2,1)),
                   B=list(a=c(4,5,6),
                   b=c(7,8,9),
                   d=list(a1="test",
                          b2="anther test")
                   ))

# call the linearize function for lists
linearList <- linearizeNestedList(nestedList)

# set the attribute "tskey" to to every list element based on its name
for.setattr(linearList)
linearList