[R] write.table equivalent for lists?

Rainer M Krug r.m.krug at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 16:34:38 CET 2011


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On 01/10/2011 04:27 PM, Ivan Calandra wrote:
> I agree that the R-Core team has better things to do than that, but
> since it's already there, why not just add it to the base functions?

Agree completely - and R.utils is not such an obscure package which
nobody uses - so that these functions should be quite bug-free.

Rainer

> 
> Le 1/10/2011 16:19, Peter Ehlers a écrit :
>> On 2011-01-10 06:45, Ivan Calandra wrote:
>>> Why isn't it in R base? Good question... I'm definitely not the one able
>>> to answer to it!
>>> Maybe someone more involved in the development can?
>>> Ivan
>>
>> Well, I suspect that Rainer has been on this list long
>> enough to know the answer:
>>  Because no has convinced R-Core to implement it!
>>
>> While I might _occasionally_ find it useful, I don't
>> mind if R-Core prefer to pursue other language enhancements.
>>
>> Peter Ehlers
>>
>>>
>>> Le 1/10/2011 15:42, Rainer M Krug a écrit :
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>>>> On 01/10/2011 03:35 PM, Ivan Calandra wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> If I understood you correctly, you can use saveObject()/loadObject()
>>>>> from package R.utils, like this:
>>>> Correct - thanks - that is what I was looking for.
>>>>
>>>> But why is no such function in R base?
>> [...snip...]
>>
> 


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