You can not append a column. Best bet, read the old file in, do a 'cbind', write the object back out.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:59 AM, e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Readers, > > Scenario: data x consists of one column; > 1 > 2 > 3 > > data y; > 4 > 5 > 6 > > Is it possible to write to file such that the file is: > 1,4 > 2,5 > 3,6 > > using the write.file function? I have tried the command: > > write(x,file="file.csv",ncolumns=1,append=TRUE,sep=",") > write(y,file="file.csv",ncolumns=1,append=TRUE,sep=",") > > but the result is: > > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > > yours, > > rhelpatconference.jabber.org > r 251 > mandriva 2008 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.