[R] Writing a hyperlink to a csv file

[John Kane]

Well you can write it there but it won't do anything until read into some software that can interpret it as a url.  A csv file is just plain text.

John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bsmith030465 at gmail.com
> Sent: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:53:02 -0400
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Writing a hyperlink to a csv file
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if it is possible to create a hyperlink in a csv file
> using
> R code and some package. For example, in the following code:
> 
> links <- cbind(rep('Click for Google',3),"google search address goes
> here")
> ## R Mailing list blocks if I put the actual web address here
> write.table(links,'test.csv',
> sep=',',row.names=F,col.names=F)
> 
> 
> the web address should be linked to 'Click for Google'.
> 
> many thanks!
> 
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