#RStats Truth:
Nested data.frames which are *not* in list-columns are an abomination!
> df1 <- data.frame(x = 1:2)
> df2 <- data.frame(y = c('a', 'b'), z = c(1.1, 2.2))
> df1$nest <- df2
> names(df1)
[1] "x" "nest"
> df1
x nest.y nest.z
1 1 a 1.1
2 2 b 2.2
>
@coolbutuseless preach
But also, {jsonlite} reads in .json that way 😬
Not sure there's a better way to read in .json files.
@klmr @coolbutuseless aren't all data.frames lists? Just lists composed of vectors of equal length? Not sure of the disadvantage of having something as a data.frame column instead of a list column (temporarily!).
Between tidyr::unpack, purrr::unnest, purrr::pluck, and tidyr::hoist, there's something to handle every situation to reach a rectangled data.frame anyway (?)
coolbutuseless
Ryan McShane, Ph.D.
Konrad Rudolph
Jordi Rosell