How to avoid unlist() modification of list naming

Question

I am a bit puzzled by the names produced by `unlist()`. Please consider the following MWE ``` vector1 <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) names(vector1) <- c(1,2,2,3,4,4,5,6,6,6) names(vector1) # [1] "1" "2" "2" "3" "4" "4" "5" "6" "6" "6" list1 <- split(vector1,names(vector1)) names(list1) # [1] "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" ``` but then ``` names(unlist(list1)) # [1] "1.1" "2.2" "2.2" "3.3" "4.4" "4.4" "5.5" "6.6" "6.6" "6.6" ``` According to the documentation of `unlist()` By default, unlist tries to retain the naming information present in x. so I can't make sense of this particular behaviour. My problem is that the names as created by `unlist()` can't be matched against the names of the original `vector1`.

Accepted Answer

```
unlist(unname(list1))
#  1  2  2  3  4  4  5  6  6  6 
#  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 
```

How to avoid unlist() modification of list naming

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