Thank you for the response, Peter. The approach: write.table(format(df, drop0trailing=FALSE),file='df.txt',quote=F,sep='\t',row.names=F) surprisingly still results in some loss of trailing 0's.
df: EFFECT2 PVALUE 1 0.023 0.88080 2 -0.260 0.08641 3 -0.114 0.45200 df.txt: EFFECT2 PVALUE 0.023 8.808e-01 -0.26 8.641e-02 -0.114 4.520e-01 -----Original Message----- From: Peter Ehlers [mailto:ehl...@ucalgary.ca] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:09 PM To: Jim Moon Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] write.table -- maintain decimal places On 2011-01-25 16:16, Jim Moon wrote: > Hello, All, > > How can I maintain the decimal places when using write.table()? > > Jim > > e.g. > > df: > EFFECT2 PVALUE > 1 0.023 0.88080 > 2 -0.260 0.08641 > 3 -0.114 0.45200 > > write.table(df,file='df.txt',quote=F,sep='\t',row.names=F) write.table(format(df, drop0trailing=FALSE), ....) Peter Ehlers > > > df.txt: > EFFECT2 PVALUE > 0.023 0.8808 > -0.26 0.08641 > -0.114 0.452 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
