How to rename element's list indexed by a loop in R

Question

I\'m new on R language and I still have a lot to learn. I\'ve a list W of J elements and I would like to rename its elements W[[i]] with Wi

Answer 1

A purrr solution using @Quentin's data:

library(purrr)
w <- list(a = "give", b = "me an", c = "example") %>% 
  set_names(~paste0("W", 1:length(w)))
w
# $W1
# [1] "give"

# $W2
# [1] "me an"

# $W3
# [1] "example"