[R] Appending 4 Digits On A File Name

R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> michael.weylandt at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 20:30:29 CEST 2011


Sorry, a typo on my end: argument is flag, not flat...

On Jul 31, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Matt Curcio <matt.curcio.ri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmmm...
> Got this error
> 
> Error in formatC(i, width = 4, format = "d", flat = "0") :
>  unused argument(s) (flat = "0")
> 
> Any ideas,
> M
> 
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Matt Curcio <matt.curcio.ri at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>> I would like to append a 4 digit number suffix to the names of my
>> files for later use.  What I am using now only produces 1 or 2 or 3 or
>> 4 digits.
>> 
>> ############
>> for (i in 1:1000) {
>>   temp <- (kegg [i,])
>>   temp <- merge (temp, subrichcdt, by="gene")
>>      file.name <- paste ("kegg.subrichcdt.", i, ".txt", sep="")
>>      write.table(temp, file=file.name)
>> }
>> #######
>> But I want:
>> "kegg.subrichcdt.0001.txt"
>> "kegg.subrichcdt.0002.txt", ...
>> 
>> 
>> Any suggestions
>> M
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> Matt Curcio
>> M: 401-316-5358
>> E: matt.curcio.ri at gmail.com
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Matt Curcio
> M: 401-316-5358
> E: matt.curcio.ri at gmail.com
> 
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