Save Data to CSV file — save

Save data as a .csv format file with semicolon ; as seperator. The file will be saved to the specified folder in path or as in Access regstration database with the root as in getOption("orgdata.folder.data"). Use argument save = TRUE in make_file() will activate save_file() directly. Else you can call save_file() to save the object output from make_file(). This function is a wrapper to data.table:fwrite().

Usage

save_file(
  dt = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  date = FALSE,
  fgSpec = NULL,
  sep = ";",
  ...
)

lagre_fil(
  dt = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  date = FALSE,
  fgSpec = NULL,
  sep = ";",
  ...
)

Arguments

dt: Input data preferrably in a data.table format but is not mandatory
name: Filename for the .csv file or filegroup name
path: Folder path to save the file. If name is a valide filegroup (FILGRUPPE) then use the specified UTMAPPE in Access registration database else file will be saved in default folder C:\Users\YourUserName\orgdata_logs. The default folder will be created if not exist.
date: Logical value. If TRUE then use date and time as part of the filename. Default is FALSE.
fgSpec: File group specification from Access registration database
sep: The separator between columns. Default is ";"
...: Other arguments for data.table::fwrite

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
 # Save file directly
 make_file("BEFOLKNING", save = TRUE)

 # Two steps
 DF <- make_file("BEFOLKNING")
 save_file(DF, "BEFOLKNING")

 # Save with different name and specified folder
 save_file(DF, name = "myCSVfile", path = "C:/MyFolder")
} # }