unpackList function

Unpack List Elements into Variables

Make local or global variables (depending on the scope specified) from the named components of a list.

unpackList(x, scope="L")

Arguments

• x: named list to unpack.
• scope: If "L", create variables local to the parent frame that called the function. If "P", create variables in the temporary package workspace called .PBSmodEnv. If "G", create global variables.

Returns

A character vector of unpacked variable names.

Author(s)

Alex Couture-Beil, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo BC

See Also

packList, readList, writeList

Examples

local(envir=.PBSmodEnv,expr={
  x <- list(a=21,b=23);
  unpackList(x);
  print(a);
})