[R-sig-Geo] Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver

[Miluji Sb]

Dear Akos and Joe,

Thank you for your kind replies and the information. I did not know about
the character limit, it is easier for me to shorten the variable names.
Thank you again and stay safe.

Best,

Milu

On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 5:58 PM Bede-Fazekas Ákos <bfalevlist using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Milu,
> ESRI shapefile format cannot contain field names longer than 10
> characters. So you should do one of the following options:
> - choose other file format when saving the data,
> - rename the columns of the sf object before saving.
>
> HTH,
> Ákos Bede-Fazekas
> Hungarian Academy of Sciences
>
>
> 2020.04.19. 17:37 keltezéssel, Miluji Sb írta:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > i am trying to export a shapefile using the following command;
> >
> > st_write(weight.sf, "weight.shp, driver="ESRI Shapefile")
> >
> > But getting the following warning;
> >
> > 1: In abbreviate_shapefile_names(obj) :
> >    Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver
> >
> > The variable names have the following pattern; "weight_2010" but
> > become like this "w__201". How can I preserve field/variable names? Thank
> > you.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Milu
> >
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