Fwd: Re: [R] Combining many dataframes from listings of objects?

[Derek Eder]

> I want to combine (rbind) many dataframes into a single data frame, but "automatically" 
> specifying the names of the dataframes as listing of object names.
> E.g., combine these 18 df objects into one big df using something conceptually like this :
> rbind(objects(pattern="*.df"))


Brian Ripley suggested that something along the lines of:  do.call("rbind", objects(pattern="*.df"))  


But I can't make this fly on vectors.  E.g.,  

>  objects.of.desire_objects(pattern="*.df")
> do.call("rbind.data.frame",list(as.name(objects.of.desire)))  # do.call needs a list and must be of class 'name'

Unfortunately, only the first data.frame in the series is read and returned.


Any further nudges along the right direction anyone?

Thanks!




Derek N. Eder
Göteborgs Universitet
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