Hi Dan, I don't get this behavior with R-3.2.2: da.df<-data.frame(1:3,4:6) names(da.df)<-c("no good","no good at all") > da.df no good no good at all 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 write.csv(da.df,file="gloop.csv",row.names=FALSE)
gives me this: "no good","no good at all" 1,4 2,5 3,6 Are you sure that R didn't add the periods when you created the data frame? They would then be written into the CSV file. Jim On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Dan Abner <dan.abne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a number of columns with spaces in the column names exactly as > I want them in R. When I go to export the data table to csv using > write.csv(), the fn adds periods in place of the spaces. > > Is there a way to suppress the addition of the periods? > > Thanks, > > Dan > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.