[R] Align columns in data frame write.table

[David Winsemius]

On Aug 10, 2012, at 6:39 PM, sharx wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to specify the alignment of individual  
> columns in a
> data frame so that after using write.table the columns are aligned  
> in the
> file?

Do you mean by padding with spaces? set numzer.pad to the desired  
width and then perhaps using

lapply(dfrm, function(x) sprintf(paste('%0', numzer.pad, 'i', sep=''),  
x)

You might need to check for the class of the columns because the  
letter in the format string for sprintf is different fo numbers and  
characters.

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David Winsemius, MD
Alameda, CA, USA