How can i loop this function in R?

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Basically i have two dataframes and i want to transfer the attributes of each variable of one to the other dataframe that has the same variables but with null attributes (none). Let me know thnks

attributes(egresados$q0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0001)
attributes(egresados$q0002)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0002)
attributes(egresados$q0003)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0003)
attributes(egresados$q0004)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0004)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0001)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0002)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0002)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0003)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0003)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0004)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0004)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0005)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0005)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0006)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0006)
attributes(egresados$q0005_0007)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0005_0007)
attributes(egresados$q0006_0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0006_0001)
attributes(egresados$q0006_0002)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0006_0002)
attributes(egresados$q0006_0003)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0006_0003)
attributes(egresados$q0006_0004)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0006_0004)
attributes(egresados$q0007)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0007)
attributes(egresados$q0008)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0008)
attributes(egresados$q0009_0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0009_0001)
attributes(egresados$q0009_0002)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0009_0002)
attributes(egresados$q0009_0003)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0009_0003)
attributes(egresados$q0009_0004)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0009_0004)
attributes(egresados$q0010_0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0010_0001)
attributes(egresados$q0011_0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0011_0001)
attributes(egresados$q0012)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0012)
attributes(egresados$q0013_0001)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0013_0001)
attributes(egresados$q0014)<-attributes(egresados_atr$q0014)

I'm using tidyverse and rio packages in my stuggle and i know the functions gather_attrs and spread_attrs i think may help but yet don't know how....

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You could do this with a for loop on names (no need to rely on names being in the same order).

for (s in names(egresados)) {
  attributes(egresados[[s]]) <- attributes(egresados_atr[[s]])
}
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You can try the following with Map -

egresados[] <- Map(function(x, y) {attributes(x) <- attributes(y);x}, 
    egresados, egresados_atr[names(egresados)])
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Assuming that they are are sorted in the same order, then you can use the following:

# create some data as an example
egresados <- setNames(as.list(1:14), sprintf("q%04d", 1:14))
egresados_atr <- setNames(as.list(letters[1:14]), sprintf("q%04d", 1:14))
for(i in 1:length(egresados_atr))
  attributes(egresados_atr[[i]]) <- list(value = egresados_atr[[i]], 
                                         x = 1)

# get the result
res_1 <- Map(
  function(value, other) do.call(structure, c(list(value), attributes(other))), 
  value = egresados, other = egresados_atr)
str(head(res_1, 3)) # show the result for the first three values
#R> List of 3
#R>  $ q0001: int 1
#R>   ..- attr(*, "value")= chr "a"
#R>   ..- attr(*, "x")= num 1
#R>  $ q0002: int 2
#R>   ..- attr(*, "value")= chr "b"
#R>   ..- attr(*, "x")= num 1
#R>  $ q0003: int 3
#R>   ..- attr(*, "value")= chr "c"
#R>   ..- attr(*, "x")= num 1

# in R 4.1.0 or greater                   
res_2 <- Map(c, lapply(egresados, list), lapply(egresados_atr, attributes)) |> 
  lapply(do.call, what = structure)

# they give the same
all.equal(res_1, res_2)
#R> [1] TRUE

The first answer is though quite close to Ronak Shah's answer but uses do.call and structure. You can use egresados_atr[names(egresados)] as he points out if the data is not sorted in the same order or have an unequal number of elements.