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selectFrom: Generic List Element Extractor

Description

Generic List Element Extractor

Usage

selectFrom(key, xlist, ifnot = NA, simplify = TRUE)

Arguments

key
character naming the key(s) to extract. Can traverse list elements by separating them with $.
xlist
list containing other lists from which you want to extract
ifnot
what to return if the key is not found in a given xlist element
simplify
logical, passed to sapply internally

Value

the requested element(s). If length(key)>1, a named list of those elements