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R function to complete lists and make missing elements explicitly NA
complete_list <- function(.list, .names) {
if (missing(.names)) return(.list)
.list[.names[! (.names %in% names(.list)) ]] <- NA
return(.list)
}
a <- list(b = 1, c = 2)
a <- complete_list(a, c("a", "b", "c"))
dplyr::coalesce(a$a, a$b, a$c, 0)
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