[R] Write in file matrices of sifferent size

[jim holtman]

use capture.output

> matrixA <- matrix(0,5,4)
> matrixB <- matrix(1,7,13)
> matrixList <- list(matrixA,matrixB)
> names(matrixList) <- c("matrixA", "matrixB")
> matrixList
$matrixA
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,]    0    0    0    0
[2,]    0    0    0    0
[3,]    0    0    0    0
[4,]    0    0    0    0
[5,]    0    0    0    0

$matrixB
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] [,9] [,10] [,11] [,12] [,13]
[1,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[2,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[3,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[4,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[5,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[6,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[7,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1

> capture.output(matrixList, file='myMatrix.txt')
#here is the text file created:

$matrixA
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,]    0    0    0    0
[2,]    0    0    0    0
[3,]    0    0    0    0
[4,]    0    0    0    0
[5,]    0    0    0    0

$matrixB
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] [,9] [,10] [,11] [,12] [,13]
[1,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[2,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[3,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[4,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[5,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[6,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1
[7,]    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1     1     1     1     1



On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM, julien
cuisinier<j_cuisinier at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi list,
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> How to save a list content into a text file?
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> Please consider example below, I have two numeric matrices that I bundle into a list & give each list element a name
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> Example:
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>> matrixA <- matrix(0,5,4)
>> matrixB <- matrix(1,7,13)
>> matrixList <- list(matrixA,matrixB)
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>> names <- c("Matrix A","Matrix B")
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>> names <- names(matrixList)
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> How could I get the list in a txt as below:
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> "
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> Matrix A
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> (Matrix A element 1,1), (Matrix A element 1,2), ...
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> (Matrix A element 2,1), (Matrix A element 2,2), ...
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> ...
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> Matrix B
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> (Matrix B element 1,1), (Matrix B element 1,2), ...
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> (Matrix B element 2,1), (Matrix B element 2,2), ...
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> ...
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> Write or write.table or write.csv did not help as it complains the matrices are not of equal size
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> Any help/direction appreciated
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> many thanks
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> regards,
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> Julien Cuisinier
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