[R] write list to ascii

[Skála, Zdeněk (INCOMA GfK)]

Dear Chris,

many thanks! This is just what I had in mind! (namely the 'sapply' solution).

Thank you and best regards!

Zdenek



-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Campbell [mailto:ccampbell at mango-solutions.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:11 PM
To: Skála, Zdeněk (INCOMA GfK)
Cc: r-help at r-project.org; Consultants
Subject: RE: write list to ascii

Dear Zdenek

You could generate this file using a loop.

# the data      

abc <- list(one=(1:2), two=(1:5))          

# create a connection    

sink("aa.txt", append=T, split=T)        

# for each element in the list, print       

for (list_name in names(abc)) {         
	cat(list_name, unlist(abc[list_name]),"\n") }          

# close connection        

sink()     


# here is another way that might be useful        

# unlist the data        

aa <- sapply(abc, paste, collapse = " ")         

# generate the strings you need       

bb <- paste("$", names(abc), " ", aa, sep = "")        

# write out data         

write.table(bb, "aa.txt", col.names = FALSE, row.names = FALSE, quote = FALSE)       


# hope this helps

Best wishes

Chris

Chris Campbell
Mango Solutions
Data Analysis the Delivers
http://www.mango-solutions.com
+44 (0) 1249 705 450

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Skála, Zdenek (INCOMA GfK)
Sent: 19 July 2012 10:10
To: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: [R] write list to ascii

Dear all,
apologies for this (perhaps recurrent) question but I did not found a question when searching mailing lists.

How to write a list of a simple kind, e.g.:

abc <- list(one=(1:2), two=(1:5))

# to a file? I understand that write() & co. cannot work but when I try

sink("aa.txt", append=T, split=T)
abc
sink()

# the output is indeed "split by rows" in the textfile, each starting with row numbers (and I have rather long "vectors" resulting in many rows...):

$one
[1] 1 2

$two
[1] 1 2 3 4 5

What I would need is a simple "set of vectors" starting with name in the style of:
$one 1 2
$two 1 2 3 4 5

Is it possible in R?

Many thanks!

Zdenek Skala


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