On 24/11/2009, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > This is the requested format: 1,4 2,5 3,6
The write functions described previously produce the following format: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ______________________________________________ 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.