push to list in R

Question

OK, this really basic. How do I add an element to a (named) list in R?

EDIT when the key name is a varibale

for (name in names(list$filenames)) {
  filename <- list$filenames[[name]]
  x <- read.table(filename)
  ret$name <- x # I want name to be interpreted here, not use "name"
}

Answer 1

check this answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1105659/r-how-to-add-variable-key-value-pair-to-list-object

Answer 2

May be ret<-lapply(list$filenames,read.table) will be better?