Return one or more values from a nested list in a list of vectors

get_vectors_from_nested_list(x, valuesIn = NULL, nestingIn = "children")

Arguments

x: The nested list
valuesIn: The names holding the values to return (in vectors)
nestingIn: The name containing the nested lists

Value

A list of vectors.

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_vectors_from_nested_list(
  nestedList,
  c("id", "value")
);
#> [[1]]
#>            id         value 
#>           "x" "value for x" 
#> 
#> [[2]]
#>            id         value 
#>           "y" "value for y" 
#> 
#> [[3]]
#>            id         value 
#>           "z" "value for z" 
#>