R help - Sep 2002 - Bits of scientific notation in write.table() output

What's the preferred method for avoiding `unexpected' bits of scientific
notation in write.table() output? I've found several inelegant workarounds,
but I'm sure I'm overlooking an obvious answer

A simple example.. . 
> df_data.frame(df=95000+1000*0:10); df 
       df
1   95000
2   96000
3   97000
4   98000
5   99000
6  100000
7  101000
8  102000
9  103000
10 104000
11 105000
>
write.table(df,'c:\\df.txt',quote=F,sep='\t',row.names=F,col.names=F)
.. . creates a file with contents .. . 

95000
96000
97000
98000
99000
1e+05
101000
102000
103000
104000
105000

.. . 
> version
         _              
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    1              
minor    5.1            
year     2002           
month    06             
day      17             
language R              

.. . 

Thank you
 
Steve Wisdom









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On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 01:36:31PM -0500, Steve Wisdom
wrote:
> 
> What's the preferred method for avoiding `unexpected' bits of
scientific
> notation in write.table() output? I've found several inelegant
workarounds,
> but I'm sure I'm overlooking an obvious answer
You have to format first, then write.  Otherwise, write.table will
format for you, and computers are rarely commended for their taste.

Something like...

write.table(format(df,format=f),file="foo.txt")
read.table("foo.txt")
    df
1   95000
2   96000
3   97000
4   98000
5   99000
6  100000
7  101000
8  102000
9  103000
10 104000
11 105000


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