Interleave lists in R

Here’s one way:

idx <- order(c(seq_along(a), seq_along(b)))
unlist(c(a,b))[idx]

# [1] "a.1" "b.1" "a.2" "b.2" "a.3" "b.3" "b.4"

As @James points out, since you need a list back, you should do:

(c(a,b))[idx]

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