So far, I cannot see any mistake, though the sep="" will be more elegant that sep=",". Are you sure your working directory is "E:/my_work_directory"? and is there any error msg?
BTW, a reproducible example will help to get better response from the list. 2009/2/18 CJ Rubio <cjru...@kongju.ac.kr>: > > 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. > -- 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.