Use 'write.csv' write.csv(maxr,fname,na="0")
this may work better. > write.table(x.df,sep=',') "V1","V2","V3" "1",1,4,7 "2",2,5,8 "3",3,6,9 > write.csv(x.df) "","V1","V2","V3" "1",1,4,7 "2",2,5,8 "3",3,6,9 write.csv makes it excel compatible. On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM, James Rome <jamesr...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my code, I calculate the maximum values with 2 factors using > maxr=with(arrdf, tapply(rate,list(weekday,quarter), max, na.rm=T)) > > and I want to write out the file so that Excel can read it. > I used > write.table(maxr, fname, sep=",", col.names=TRUE, row.names=TRUE, > quote=TRUE, na="0") > which works, and yields something like > "0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12","13","14" > "Friday",4,3,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,4,5,6,9,8,8,5,8,1 > "Monday",3,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,0,0,2,2,1,2,2,4,4,4,7,7,7,7,6,8,1 > "Saturday",4,3,1,1,3,2,1,1,1,2,1,0,0,2,0,1,1,2,5,6,4,5,5,8,8,6,6 > "Sunday",3,2,4,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,4,3,5,6,5,8,6,5,5,1 > "Thursday",3,3,2,3,2,1,0,1,3,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,2,3,4,4,5,5,5,8,6,4,6 > "Tuesday",5,3,2,2,2,3,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,4,7,5,8,8,7,7,7, > "Wednesday",2,3,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,2,1,1,3,4,6,4,6,11,10,5, > > The top row is the quarter hours of the day > > However, when Excel reads this, it will put the first "0" over Friday > instead of over the 4. > > Is there a way to write this out with a "quarter" at the start of the > first row? E.g., > > "quarter", "0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12","13","14" > "Friday",4,3,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,4,5,6,9,8,8,5,8,1 > "Monday",3,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,0,0,2,2,1,2,2,4,4,4,7,7,7,7,6,8,1 > "Saturday",4,3,1,1,3,2,1,1,1,2,1,0,0,2,0,1,1,2,5,6,4,5,5,8,8,6,6 > "Sunday",3,2,4,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,4,3,5,6,5,8,6,5,5,1 > "Thursday",3,3,2,3,2,1,0,1,3,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,2,3,4,4,5,5,5,8,6,4,6 > "Tuesday",5,3,2,2,2,3,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,2,3,4,7,5,8,8,7,7,7, > "Wednesday",2,3,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,2,1,1,3,4,6,4,6,11,10,5, > > And I need to keep the non-standard column names too. > > Thanks again in advance, > Jim Rome > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
