[R] write.table vs. read.table and the argument "fill"

Joshua Wiley jwiley.psych at gmail.com
Sun May 8 07:51:55 CEST 2011


Hi Carl,

What would the "equivalent" argument for write.table do?  Or perhaps
to rephrase my question what type of R object do you have in mind to
write that is a "ragged array"?

Josh

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Carl Witthoft <carl at witthoft.com> wrote:
> Just wondering how come read.table lets you specify fill=TRUE for ragged
> arrays, but so far as I can tell, no equivalent for write.table?
>
> Not a big deal, since I'm perfectly comfortable w/ write and scan and the
> other file I/O goodies.  "A foolish inconsistency..."  and all that.
>
>
> Carl
>
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