[R] Print/Save/Cat/Write list

[Ritwik Sinha]

thanks.

Ritwik.

On 9/30/06, jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com> wrote:
> try:
>
> sink("y.data")
> y
> sink()
>
> On 9/30/06, Ritwik Sinha <ritwik.sinha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to write a list to an ascii file.
> > I tried the following
> >
> > y <- list(a = 1, b = c(TRUE,FALSE), c = "oops")
> > save(y, file="y.data", ascii=TRUE)
> > # Not satisfactory
> >
> > print does not have a file="" option
> > cat cannot handle lists.
> > write does not handle lists
> > write.table converts it to a d.f
> >
> > Perhaps I could loop through the elements of a list and keep appending
> > its elements to a file, but that will have a problem if any of the
> > elements of the list is a list. I suppose there must be a simple
> > function that does what I need. Sorry if I have missed anything
> > obvious, my searches did not return anything useful.
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Ritwik.
> >
> > Here is my version
> >
> > platform i686-redhat-linux-gnu
> > arch     i686
> > os       linux-gnu
> > system   i686, linux-gnu
> > status
> > major    2
> > minor    2.1
> > year     2005
> > month    12
> > day      20
> > svn rev  36812
> > language R
> >
> > --
> > Ritwik Sinha
> > Graduate Student
> > Epidemiology and Biostatistics
> > Case Western Reserve University
> > ritwik.sinha at gmail.com | +12163682366 | http://darwin.cwru.edu/~rsinha
> >
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>
>
> --
> Jim Holtman
> Cincinnati, OH
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>
> What is the problem you are trying to solve?
>


-- 
Ritwik Sinha
Graduate Student
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University
ritwik.sinha at gmail.com | +12163682366 | http://darwin.cwru.edu/~rsinha