Combine a list of data frames into one data frame by row

dataframe, list, r, r-faq

Solution

Use `bind_rows()` from the dplyr package:

bind_rows(list_of_dataframes, .id = "column_label")

Problem

I have code that at one place ends up with a list of data frames which I really want to convert to a single big data frame. I got some pointers from an earlier question which was trying to do something similar but more complex. Here's an example of what I am starting with (this is grossly simplified for illustration): ``` listOfDataFrames <- vector(mode = "list", length = 100) for (i in 1:100) { listOfDataFrames[[i]] <- data.frame(a=sample(letters, 500, rep=T), b=rnorm(500), c=rnorm(500)) } ``` I am currently using this: ``` df <- do.call("rbind", listOfDataFrames) ```

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