...or, when trying to read it back into R, read.csv(header = TRUE, text = ' "no good","no good at all" 1,4 2,5 3,6')
no.good no.good.at.all 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 read.csv(header = TRUE, check.names = FALSE, text = ' "no good","no good at all" 1,4 2,5 3,6') no good no good at all 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 Thanks for the MWE, Jim. Dennis On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.