[R] write.csv naming file after function argument

[Ivan Calandra]

Hi Kristian,

If I understand correctly, you probably want to use paste():

myfun <- function(x=peter){
   y <- x/2
   filename <- paste(x, ".csv", sep="")
   write.csv(y, file = filename)
}

HTH,
Ivan

Le 10/13/2011 11:52, Kristian Lind a écrit :
> Dear R-users,
>
> I'm writing a program that constructs a dataset. I wish to save the dataset
> to a file.
>
> Here's a very simple example of what I'm trying to do
>
> function(x=peter){
> y<- x/2
> write.csv(y, file = "...\x")
> }
>
> The problem is that I want to name the dataset as whatever the name of the
> input is. In this case peter.
> How do I do this?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kristian
>
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