How can I remove an element from a list?

Question

I have a list and I want to remove a single element from it. How can I do this?

I\'ve tried looking up what I think the obvious names for this function would be in

Answer 1

You can also negatively index from a list using the extract function of the magrittr package to remove a list item.

a <- seq(1,5)
b <- seq(2,6)
c <- seq(3,7)
l <- list(a,b,c)

library(magrittr)

extract(l,-1) #simple one-function method
[[1]]
[1] 2 3 4 5 6

[[2]]
[1] 3 4 5 6 7