[R] multidimensional list

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Martin Barghoorn wrote:

>
> >>
> > is it possible to create a multidemensional list? Haven't found anything
> > in the list() help page.
>
> Lists are always 1-dimensional.
> Length is measured by length().

lists are (generic) vectors, and can be given a dimension and used as
arrays just like any other vector in S.

It does help to think of a list as a vector, whose components can be
of any (well almost any) R type.

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