[R] naming files or lists

[Jeff Newmiller]

Generate the desired name(s) as character variables and use those variables as the filename when saving it (them).

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If you have not converted your timestamps to a time data type yet then you probably need to do that. You may be able to hack something together with substr, but you won't get the format validation and sorting benefits of working with true time data types.

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On March 17, 2014 8:05:23 AM PDT, Olivier Charansonney <olivier-luc.charansonney at laposte.net> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I would like to name files (.txt, .pdf or lists (or dataframes) with
>names
>composed from subjects' IDs, dates, and times e.g. 003DE, 03 17 2014
>and
>16:02:30 gives a file named 003DE-031714-160230.txt.
>
>How can I do that?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
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