Re: [R] column width in .dbf files using write.dbf ... to be continued

Thanks Bastien, I completely forgot that I asked this question. I learned a lot since then ... actually, now I know how to do it, but it was not the case in 2009 :-) Arnaud 2013/5/22 > > Hello Arnaud, > > You posted this question a long long time ago, however I found your answer > so I decided

Re: [R] column width in .dbf files using write.dbf ... to be continued

Hello Arnaud, You posted this question a long long time ago, however I found your answer so I decided to post it anyway in case somebody else have the same problem as you and me. You were actually very close in finding your solution. The function DoWritedbf is an internal function from the f

Re: [R] column width in .dbf files using write.dbf ... to be continued

Old topic... An answer may be useful for someone else, though... Just do : > environment(write.dbfMODIF)<-environment(foreign::write.dbf ) and it should be good to go. Cheers, -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/column-width-in-dbf-files-using-write-dbf-to-be-con

[R] column width in .dbf files using write.dbf ... to be continued

Dear UseRs, I did not have any answer to my previous message ("Is there a way to define "manually" columns width when using write.dbf function from the library foreign ?"), so I tried to modify write.dbf function to do what I want. Here is my modified version : write.dbfMODIF <- function (datafr