Re: [R] Save file as Fixed Width using sprintf()

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Re: [R] Save file as Fixed Width using sprintf()

Try this. It creates a 'list' that are the parameters for sprintf. It writes out the file that I attach as the dump: ### Create a sample data matrix myMat <- matrix(rnorm(9), 3,3) # create the format required -- make sure it is wide enough # for 'fixed' width xx <- paste(rep("%8.2f", ncol(myMat

Re: [R] Save file as Fixed Width using sprintf()

Hi, May be this helps: xx <- paste(aa, collapse=' ') set.seed(14) myMat <- matrix(rnorm(9), 3,3) sprintf(xx,myMat[,1],myMat[,2],myMat[,3]) # [1] "-0.661850 1.497154 -0.064881" # "1.718954 -0.036141 1.068994" # [3] "2.121667 1.231945 -0.376965" do.call(sprintf,c(xx,split(myMat,col(myMat #

[R] Save file as Fixed Width using sprintf()

I have working code to write a file out as fwf as shown below. I have one question to try and automate this I cannot get to work. I am generating thousands of data files for a simulation to be run outside of R and each file varies in its dimensions. So I am trying to write code that can write t