Sink is exactly what I needed. Thanks to all who suggested it. I was also impressed by the quick response to question.
Uwe Ligges wrote: > Steve Sherman wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I would like to create an ascii text file that looks exactly like the >> Console output of a split() action. I have tried save, dput, dump, >> write.foreign and write to no avail. The resulting text files are a >> jumble of data that I would have to edit heavily in order to use it >> for my proposed purpose. How can I, short of copying and pasting the >> contents of the console (which will not work since the file is very >> large), output the information to a text file in a format like that >> on my screen? > > > Two ways: > > 1. You can sink() the console output. > > 2. Probably you really want something like > object <- split(...) > for(i in seq(along=object)) > write.table(SplitObject[[i]], file = names(SplitObject)[i]) > > > Uwe Ligges > > >> I am very new to R so please be kind. >> >> Thank you >> Steve >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide! >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html