Make a list of many objects from a vector of object names [duplicate]

Answer 1

I found a solution!

foo <- lapply(objectsVector, get) # This creates a list of the objects.
foo <- setnames(foo, namesVector) # This names the elements of the list. 

I'm leaving the question up because I spent so long searching for an answer and want to spare other people the trouble. I'm not sure whether that's the approved thing to do.

Answer 2

You can use mget to get objects from the environment and put them in a list.

mget(VECTOR_OF_NAMES_OF_OBJECTS)

You can also combine mget with ls() so that you don't have to type the object names your self.

obj1 = 1:2
obj2 = 3:7
obj13 = 8:11

mget(ls(pattern = "obj\\d+"))
#$obj1
#[1] 1 2

#$obj13
#[1]  8  9 10 11

#$obj2
#[1] 3 4 5 6 7