difference between write.csv(...) and write.table(..., sep=", ")

On Aug 16, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Jinsong Zhao <jszhao at yeah.net> wrote:

Hi there,

I notice that write.csv is a wrap of write.table. However, I can't get the same results using both functions. Here is a reproducible example:

x <- matrix(1:6, nrow =2)
rownames(x) <- letters[1:2]
colnames(x) <- LETTERS[1:3]
write.csv(x, "")

"","A","B","C"
"a",1,3,5
"b",2,4,6

write.table(x, "", sep = ",")

"A","B","C"
"a",1,3,5
"b",2,4,6

The difference of outputs from both functions is clear.

Is it possible to get the same results of write.csv using write.table?

Any suggestions will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Best,
Jinsong

write.csv(x)

write.table(x, sep = ",", qmethod = "double", col.names = NA)