I want to write a set of randomly generated numbers to a text file with fixed format. But for some reasons, write.fwf only wrote the 1st column right, all other columns got one extra digit. How can I fix it? Thanks!
set.seed(1899)
library(sensitivity)
library(randtoolbox)
par_lower <- c( 0.12, 0.13, 0.038, 0.017)
par_upper <- c(12.00, 13.00, 3.800, 1.700)
sample_size <- 5
lim_para8 <- c(par_lower[1], par_upper[1])
lim_para9 <- c(par_lower[2], par_upper[2])
lim_parb8 <- c(par_lower[3], par_upper[3])
lim_parb9 <- c(par_lower[4], par_upper[4])
par_rand <- parameterSets(par.ranges = list(lim_para8, lim_para9,
lim_parb8, lim_parb9),
samples = sample_size, method = "sobol")
par_rand
# write to file
library(gdata)
file2write <- paste("par.txt", sep = "")
write.fwf(par_rand, file = file2write, width = c(10, 10, 10, 10), colnames = FALSE)
The results:
6.060 6.56500 1.91900 0.858500
9.030 3.34750 2.85950 0.437750
3.090 9.78250 0.97850 1.279250
4.575 4.95625 2.38925 0.227375
10.515 11.39125 0.50825 1.068875
If I changed to
write.fwf(par_rand, file = file2write, width = c(10, 9, 9, 9),
colnames = FALSE, quote = FALSE, rownames = FALSE)
I got this error
Error in write.fwf(par_rand, file = file2write, width = c(10, 9, 9, 9), :
'width' (9) was too small for columns: V4
'width' should be at least (10)
Please try the code below, it works for me. I tested with several formats and all worked. Both code segments return a fixed format file with width 4 x 10.
This of course implies that setting sep in the definition of file2write does not work for getting the desired output with write.fwf
write.fwf(par_rand, file = "par2.txt", width = c(10, 10, 10, 10), colnames = FALSE, sep = "")
write.fwf(par_rand, file = file2write, width = c(10, 10, 10, 10), colnames = FALSE, sep = "")
The following generates the same but with 1x10 and 3x9, as I think you wanted
write.fwf(par_rand, file = "par3.txt", width = c(10, 9, 9, 9), colnames = FALSE, sep = "")
Please let me know whether this is what you wanted.