Replace elements in a named vector or list

Source: R/insert.R

Given two named vectors/lists x and y and a list of names this function replaces all entries of x with the matching entries in y.

insert(x, y, which)

Arguments

x

[vector]
First vector.
y

[vector]
Second vector.
which

[character]
Entry names that should be replaced in x. Defaults to names(y).

Value

Either a vector or a list depending on the type of x and y.

Examples

x = list(a = 100, b = letters[1:3])
y = list(b = "hello", c = "world")
insert(x, y)

#> $a
#> [1] 100
#> 
#> $b
#> [1] "hello"
#> 
#> $c
#> [1] "world"
#> 
insert(y, x)

#> $b
#> [1] "a" "b" "c"
#> 
#> $c
#> [1] "world"
#> 
#> $a
#> [1] 100
#> 
insert(x, y, which = "b")

#> $a
#> [1] 100
#> 
#> $b
#> [1] "hello"
#>