[R] Exporting column names with spaces with write.csv() XXXX

[Jim Lemon]

Hi Dan,
I don't get this behavior with R-3.2.2:

da.df<-data.frame(1:3,4:6)
names(da.df)<-c("no good","no good at all")
> da.df
  no good no good at all
1       1              4
2       2              5
3       3              6
write.csv(da.df,file="gloop.csv",row.names=FALSE)

gives me this:

"no good","no good at all"
1,4
2,5
3,6

Are you sure that R didn't add the periods when you created the data frame?
They would then be written into the CSV file.

Jim



On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Dan Abner <dan.abner99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a number of columns with spaces in the column names exactly as
> I want them in R. When I go to export the data table to csv using
> write.csv(), the fn adds periods in place of the spaces.
>
> Is there a way to suppress the addition of the periods?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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