how to create a list in R from two vectors (one would be the keys, the other the values)?

Question

I have two vectors and I want to create a list in R where one vector are the keys and the other the values. I thought that I was going to find easily the answer in my books

Answer 1

Do you mean to do this?...

xx <- 1:3
yy <- letters[1:3]
zz <- list( xx , yy )
names(zz) <- c("keys" , "values")
zz
#$keys
#[1] 1 2 3

#$values
#[1] "a" "b" "c"

AFAIK this is the canonical way of making a list of vectors. I am happy to be corrected. If you are new to R, I'd advise it is generally unwise to use a for loop because there are usually vectorised methods to accomplish most tasks that are more efficient and faster.