Return elements of list as independent objects in global environment

Question

I have a list, and would like to break the elements of the list into seperate objects in the global environment.

For example, I would like the list:

Answer 1

I don't recommend it but you could use attach

> obj <- list(a=1:5, b=2:10, c=-5:5)
> attach(obj)
> a
[1] 1 2 3 4 5
> b
[1]  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
> c
 [1] -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0  1  2  3  4  5