How to convert list variable name after $ to string

Question

I have the following list type name:

tdat$`apoptotic process`

What I would like to do is extract the term after $

and then turn them into a string:

"apoptotic process"

How can I achieve this? I tried this but couldn't:

deparse(substitute(tdat$`apoptotic process`))

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neversaint Apr 20 15 at 0:56

1 answer

Tim biegeleisen · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-20T01:04:54+0000

Just use the function names()

. Assuming the "apoptotic process" is the first item on the list tdat

:

x <- names(tdat)
x[1]
  `apoptotic process`