Return all values from a nested list in a dataframe

Return all values from a nested list in a dataframe

get_dataframe_from_nested_list(x, nestingIn = "children")

Arguments

x

The nested list

nestingIn

The name containing the nested lists

Value

A dataframe

Examples

nestedList <-
  list(
    id = "x",
    value = "value for x",
    children = list(
      list(
        id = "y",
        value = "value for y"
      ),
      list(
        id = "z",
        value = "value for z"
      )
    )
  );
str(nestedList);
#> List of 3
#>  $ id      : chr "x"
#>  $ value   : chr "value for x"
#>  $ children:List of 2
#>   ..$ :List of 2
#>   .. ..$ id   : chr "y"
#>   .. ..$ value: chr "value for y"
#>   ..$ :List of 2
#>   .. ..$ id   : chr "z"
#>   .. ..$ value: chr "value for z"
get_dataframe_from_nested_list(nestedList);
#>   id       value
#> 1  x value for x
#> 2  y value for y
#> 3  z value for z