How to use R list using variable name to assign

Question

I'm trying to create a JSON file using Lists in R. Here's what I'm trying to do:

toJSON(list(j$key=projIssues)) #I get error that I can't do this    

print(j$key)#---displays ACME

Here's how I created the above in a static manner, but would like to do it dynamically.

projIssues = list(
    issueName = i$name,
    total=y$total
    )

toJSON(list(key=projIssues))

The above returns:

{
   "ACME": {
            "issueName": "Wish",
            "total":      6 
   } 
}

Randy Lai · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-10 05:44:13Z

3

I am not sure if I understand your question. If what you want is to change the key, you can use the names function.

J = list(list(a=1,b=2))
names(J) = "ACME"
cat(toJSON(J))

answered Apr 10, 2014 at 5:44

Randy Lai

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Thanks Randy for the solution