Creating a named list from two vectors (names, values)

Question

Is there a way to use mapply on two vectors to construct a named list? The first vector would be of type character and contain the names used for the list while

Answer 1

You can use setNames()

setNames(as.list(c(1, 2)), c("foo", "bar"))

(for a list) or

setNames(c(1, 2), c("foo", "bar"))

(for a vector)