Flatten a List Conserving Names
unlist2 is a replacement for base::unlist that does not mangle the names.
unlist_(x, recursive = TRUE, use.names = TRUE, what.names = "inherited")
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Use this function if you don't like the mangled names returned by the standard unlist function from the base package.
Using unlist with annotation data is dangerous and it is highly recommended to use unlist_ instead.
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Bioconductor AnnotationDbi::unlist2
x <- list(A=c(b=-4, 2, b=7), B=3:-1, c(a=1, a=-2), C=list(c(2:-1, d=55), e=99))
unlist(x)
unlist_(x)
# annotation maps (as in AnnotationDbi objects
egids2pbids <- list('10' = 'a', '100' = c('b', 'c'), '1000' = c('d', 'e'))
egids2pbids
unlist(egids2pbids) # 1001, 1002, 10001 and 10002 are not real
# Entrez ids but are the result of unlist()
# mangling the names!
unlist_(egids2pbids) # much cleaner! yes the names are not unique
# but at least they are correct...Please choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.