thanks for your reply.. is there something wrong with the code i have? because it doesn't write the file in the directory that i am using...
for (i in names(y)) > {write.csv(y[[i]], file=paste(i, ".csv", sep=","))} thanks again.. ronggui-2 wrote: > > If the "file" is a relative path, then it should be in the working > directory. Say, the working directory is E:/my_work_directory (of > course, you can get it by getwd()), and you export a data frame "a" to > csv by: > write.csv(a, file="a.csv"), then the file should be > "E:/my_work_directory/a.csv". > > Best > > 2009/2/18 CJ Rubio <cjru...@kongju.ac.kr>: >> >> i have a loop which looks likes this: >> >> >>> data.info <- rbind(data.info, cbind(station.id, year, date, >>> max.discharge)) >> + y <- split(data.info, data.info[station.id]) >> + for (i in names(y)) >> {write.csv(y[[i]], file=paste(i, ".csv", sep=","))} >> >> i am wondering, where the file (which i am about to write in .csv format) >> will be saved? i looked at ?write.csv and it says there that : >> >> file either a character string naming a file or a >> connection open for writing. "" indicates output to the console. >> >> correct me if i'm wrong but the way i undestand it is, i should have a >> file >> or a working directory where the .csv will be written. if for example i >> have a working directory "E:/my_work_directory", how can i save this >> splitted files in the same directory? >> >> can anybody please enlighten me more with write.csv and the argument >> file? >> >> thanks.. >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/basic-inquiry-regarding-write.csv-tp22073053p22073053.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > > -- > HUANG Ronggui, Wincent > Tel: (00852) 3442 3832 > PhD Candidate > Dept of Public and Social Administration > City University of Hong Kong > Homepage: http://ronggui.huang.googlepages.com/ > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/basic-inquiry-regarding-write.csv-tp22073053p22073393.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.