Exporting Data from R to Other File Formats – Guide for Data Science Aspirants!

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Previously, we explored the process of importing data in R, now, in this tutorial, we will learn the steps of exporting data from R programming to CSV, Excel, SPSS, SAS and Stata. Lastly, we will understand the process of saving work in R.

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Let’s quickly start.

Introduction to Exporting Data from R

Exporting results from R programming is usually a less contentious task.

1. Exporting table data to a CSV file

Exporting results from R to other applications in the CSV format is just as convenient as importing data into R by using CSV files.

To create a CSV file, the write.csv()function can be used. Just as the read.csv() function is a special case of read.table(), write.csv() is also a special case of write.table(). The command can be used as follows:

> #Author DataFlair
> data <- data.frame(x1 = c(1, 2, 3, 4),          
+                   x2 = c(5, 6, 7, 8),
+                   x3 = c(9, 10, 11, 12))
> write.table(data, file = "data.csv",
+            sep="\t", row.names=FALSE)

Output:

Exporting table data to a CSV file

Here separator is tab character (\t). This means using the above command, tabular data can be written to the clipboard.

2. Exporting R data to an Excel Spreadsheet

Below commands are used to export R data to an excel sheet:

library(xlsx)
write.xlsx(data, "/home/dataflair/data.xlsx")

Output:

xlsx export - Exporting data from R

3. Exporting data from R to SPSS

In order to export the data from R to SPSS, you will require the “Foreign” package. Then, you can export data from R to SAS or SPSS or Stata.

In order to write the data file, that can be interpreted by the SPSS, we write the following lines of code:

> #Author DataFlair
> library(foreign)
> write.foreign(data, "/home/dataflair/data.txt", "/home/dataflair/data.sps", package="SPSS")

Output:

Exporting data from R to SPSS - library foreign data

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4. Exporting data from R to SAS

Below is the way to write out text data file and a SAS program to read it:

> #Author DataFlair
> library(foreign)
> write.foreign(data, "/home/dataflair/data.txt", "/home/dataflair/data.sas", package="SAS")

Output:

Exporting data from R to SAS

5. Exporting R data to Stata

We use the below method to export data frame to Stata binary format:

> library(foreign)
> write.dta(data, "/home/dataflair/data.dta")

Output:

Exporting R data to Stata

Saving Work in R

Let us now understand how we can save our work in the R programming language. For saving data to disk as text files while performing Data Analytics:

  1. The command which we will use depends on the format of data to save to the disk. Transfer the data out of R by using the write.table(), write.csv(), and cat() commands.
  2. For a single vector of values, use the write() or cat() command. For multiple column items containing several variables, use the write.table() or write.csv() command.

Summary

We learned several steps to export table data to CSV file, R data to excel sheet, SPSS, Stata and SAS in this tutorial. We also discussed how to save work in R Programming.

Next, master the concept of Predictive and Descriptive Analytics in R

Still, if you have any doubt regarding the tutorial, ask in the comment section.

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