R devel - Sep 2021 - sep hard coded in write.ftable

Dear all,

(This is a follow up of a previous suggestion for ftable that was added in R
4.1.0: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2020-May/079451.html)

The sep argument is hard coded in write.ftable:
	
write.ftable <- function(x, file = "", quote = TRUE, append =
FALSE,
			 digits = getOption("digits"), ...)
{
    r <- format.ftable(x, quote = quote, digits = digits, ...)
    cat(t(r), file = file, append = append,
	sep = c(rep(" ", ncol(r) - 1), "\n"))
    invisible(x)
}

A minor change would allow users to modify it:

write.ftable2 <- function(x, file = "", quote = TRUE, append =
FALSE,
                          digits = getOption("digits"), sep = "
", ...)
{
  r <- stats:::format.ftable(x, quote = quote, digits = digits, ...)
  cat(t(r), file = file, append = append,
      sep = c(rep(sep, ncol(r) - 1), "\n"))
  invisible(x)
}

This would allow to avoid a previous call to format.ftable (although
write.ftable is significantly slower than write.table):

ftable(formula = wool + tension ~ breaks, data = warpbreaks) |>
  format(quote = FALSE) |>
  write.table(sep = ";", row.names = FALSE, col.names = FALSE)

ftable(formula = wool + tension ~ breaks, data = warpbreaks) |>
  write.ftable2(sep = ";")

Best regards,

Thomas

>>>>> SOEIRO Thomas 
>>>>>     on Wed, 1 Sep 2021 15:01:43 +0000 writes:
    > Dear all,

    > (This is a follow up of a previous suggestion for ftable that was added
in R 4.1.0: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2020-May/079451.html)

    > The sep argument is hard coded in write.ftable:
	
    > write.ftable <- function(x, file = "", quote = TRUE,
append = FALSE,
    > digits = getOption("digits"), ...)
    > {
    > r <- format.ftable(x, quote = quote, digits = digits, ...)
    > cat(t(r), file = file, append = append,
    > sep = c(rep(" ", ncol(r) - 1), "\n"))
    > invisible(x)
    > }

    > A minor change would allow users to modify it:

    > write.ftable2 <- function(x, file = "", quote = TRUE,
append = FALSE,
    > digits = getOption("digits"), sep = " ", ...)
    > {
    > r <- stats:::format.ftable(x, quote = quote, digits = digits, ...)
    > cat(t(r), file = file, append = append,
    > sep = c(rep(sep, ncol(r) - 1), "\n"))
    > invisible(x)
    > }

I agree this sounds reasonable, and am currently running
'make check-devel' on sources modified accordingly ..

Martin


    > This would allow to avoid a previous call to format.ftable (although
write.ftable is significantly slower than write.table):

    > ftable(formula = wool + tension ~ breaks, data = warpbreaks) |>
    > format(quote = FALSE) |>
    > write.table(sep = ";", row.names = FALSE, col.names = FALSE)

    > ftable(formula = wool + tension ~ breaks, data = warpbreaks) |>
    > write.ftable2(sep = ";")

    > Best regards,
    > Thomas

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