iotools (version 0.2-5)

write.csv.raw: Fast data output to disk

Description

A fast replacement of write.csv and write.table which saves the data as a raw vector rather than a character one.

Usage

write.csv.raw(x, file = "", append = FALSE, sep = ",", nsep="\t",
              col.names = !is.null(colnames(x)), fileEncoding = "")
write.table.raw(x, file = "", sep = " ", ...)

Arguments

x

object which is to be saved.

file

A connection object or a character string naming a file from which to save the output.

append

logical. Only used when file is a character string.

sep

field (column) separator.

nsep

index name separator (single character) or NA if no index names are included

col.names

logical. Should a raw of column names be writen.

fileEncoding

character string: if non-empty declares the encoding to be used on a file.

...

additional parameters to pass to write.table.raw.

Details

See as.output for the details of how various data types are converted to raw vectors (or character vectors when raw is not available).