[R] text file output

[Uwe Ligges]

Steve Sherman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to create an ascii text file that looks exactly like the 
> Console output of a split() action. I have tried save, dput, dump, 
> write.foreign and write to no avail. The resulting text files are a 
> jumble of data that I would have to edit heavily in order to use it for 
> my proposed purpose. How can I, short of copying and pasting the 
> contents of the console (which will not work since the file is very 
> large), output the information to a text file in a format like that on 
> my screen?

Two ways:

1. You can sink() the console output.

2. Probably you really want something like
   object <- split(...)
   for(i in seq(along=object))
     write.table(SplitObject[[i]], file = names(SplitObject)[i])


Uwe Ligges


> I am very new to R so please be kind.
> 
> Thank you
> Steve
> 
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