Get the length of the elements contained in a list.
Usage
lengths(alist, out = "vector")
Arguments
alist
a list
out
string indicating the format of the output
("vector" or "list")
Value
A vector (or list) with the lengths of the elements in
alist
Author(s)
Gaston Sanchez
See Also
length, funlist
Examples
# say you have some list
some_list = list(1:3, 4:5, 6:9)
# length of each vector (output in vector format)
lengths(some_list)
# length of each vector (output in list format)
lengths(some_list, out = 'list')
# compare to 'length()'
length(some_list)