PRDV420: Base R: Writing to a CSV File

For long-term preservation of data and broader sharing (not just with the R users), it is better to save the data in a plain format like CSV.

Here are the base-R functions to do that. You might find the option row.names = FALSE handy.

Source: L. Waldrop,

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