I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without the colnames.
Thanks.
Sending a matrix in an email
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Have you tried dput(your.matrix)?
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Onderwerp: [R] Sending a matrix in an email
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without the colnames.
Thanks.
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What about dput()?
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without the colnames.
Thanks.
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or less like the output above. Simple, right?
On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without the colnames.
Thanks.
On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Ira Fuchs wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or
less like the output above. Simple, right?
After this at the console:
sink("myfile.txt")
> x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3)
> x
> colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
> x
> sink()
I get this in myfile.txt:
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 1 2 3
a b c
[1,] 1 2 3
There is also a capture.output function.
David > > > On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote: > >> What about dput()? >> >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this >>> matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a >>> format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see >>> how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would >>> like to send the matrix in the body of the email. >>> >>> The matrix looks like: >>> >>> ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT >>> [1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18 >>> >>> >>> All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without >>> the colnames. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. David Winsemius, MD Alameda, CA, USA
That's the ticket! So many functions?so little time. Thanks to everyone.
On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:47 AM, David Winsemius wrote:
On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Ira Fuchs wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or less like the output above. Simple, right?
After this at the console:
sink("myfile.txt")
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3)
x
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
sink()
I get this in myfile.txt:
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 1 2 3
a b c
[1,] 1 2 3
There is also a capture.output function.
--
David
On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email. The matrix looks like: ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT [1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18 All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without the colnames. Thanks.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
David Winsemius, MD Alameda, CA, USA
You have not provided the minimal reproducible code that the footer of this email asks for, so we are playing 20 questions.
Perhaps you should convert the matrix to a data frame? Or is this an example of FAQ 7.16?
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Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or less
like the output above. Simple, right?
On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>
wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this
matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without
the colnames.
Thanks.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
I thought that I had provided an example of what I wanted to do but in any case, capture.output seems to work, as in sendmailR(to,from, capture.output(matrix_to_send)) I'm sure that there are myriad other ways (I tried print, which is mentioned in FAQ 7.16 but it doesn't work in this context) Thanks for your help.
On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
You have not provided the minimal reproducible code that the footer of this email asks for, so we are playing 20 questions.
Perhaps you should convert the matrix to a data frame? Or is this an example of FAQ 7.16?
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Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or less
like the output above. Simple, right?
On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>
wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this
matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see how I can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to send the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without
the colnames.
Thanks.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
You provided examples of what you wanted, but not examples where the same code in a different context failed to provide the result you wanted. "Reproducible" means "reproduces the problem".
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Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I thought that I had provided an example of what I wanted to do but in any case, capture.output seems to work, as in sendmailR(to,from, capture.output(matrix_to_send)) I'm sure that there are myriad other ways (I tried print, which is mentioned in FAQ 7.16 but it doesn't work in this context) Thanks for your help. On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
You have not provided the minimal reproducible code that the footer
of this email asks for, so we are playing 20 questions.
Perhaps you should convert the matrix to a data frame? Or is this an
example of FAQ 7.16?
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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or
less
like the output above. Simple, right? On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>
wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this
matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see
how I
can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to
send
the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like:
ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT
[1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18
All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without
the colnames.
Thanks.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
I understand what you are saying. I just didn't think that showing a sendmailR with a matrix as the body of the message would have been very helpful since it is the fact that the received email has no content that is the problem and that would not have shown up in the R console output.
On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
You provided examples of what you wanted, but not examples where the same code in a different context failed to provide the result you wanted. "Reproducible" means "reproduces the problem".
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Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I thought that I had provided an example of what I wanted to do but in any case, capture.output seems to work, as in sendmailR(to,from, capture.output(matrix_to_send)) I'm sure that there are myriad other ways (I tried print, which is mentioned in FAQ 7.16 but it doesn't work in this context) Thanks for your help. On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
You have not provided the minimal reproducible code that the footer
of this email asks for, so we are playing 20 questions.
Perhaps you should convert the matrix to a data frame? Or is this an
example of FAQ 7.16?
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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not produce what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a simplified version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or
less
like the output above. Simple, right? On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>
wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this
matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see
how I
can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to
send
the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like: ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT [1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18 All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix without
the colnames.
Thanks.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
No, sorry to flog a dead horse, but you do not appear to get it yet and you really should understand this concept. The minimal reproducible example would have been R code that we could run that generated an email that you think should have the matrix in it, but does not. In practically all help queries on this list we should be able to run your code and see the not-desired behavior.
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Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I understand what you are saying. I just didn't think that showing a sendmailR with a matrix as the body of the message would have been very helpful since it is the fact that the received email has no content that is the problem and that would not have shown up in the R console output. On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
You provided examples of what you wanted, but not examples where the
same code in a different context failed to provide the result you wanted. "Reproducible" means "reproduces the problem".
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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
I thought that I had provided an example of what I wanted to do but
in
any case, capture.output seems to work, as in sendmailR(to,from, capture.output(matrix_to_send)) I'm sure that there are myriad other ways (I tried print, which is mentioned in FAQ 7.16 but it doesn't work in this context) Thanks for your help. On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
You have not provided the minimal reproducible code that the footer
of this email asks for, so we are playing 20 questions.
Perhaps you should convert the matrix to a data frame? Or is this
an
example of FAQ 7.16?
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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried dput and it did not
produce
what sendmailR requires for the body parameter. Here is a
simplified
version of what I need to do:
x=matrix(c(1,2,3),1,3) x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 2 3
colnames(x)=c("a","b","c")
x
a b c [1,] 1 2 3
dput(x)
structure(c(1, 2, 3), .Dim = c(1L, 3L), .Dimnames = list(NULL,
c("a", "b", "c")))
I want to send x in sendmailR(to,from,x) and have it look more or
less
like the output above. Simple, right? On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
What about dput()? On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>
wrote:
I have a matrix which has colnames and I would like to send this
matrix using sendmailR. How can I convert this simple matrix to a format which can be used as the body variable in sendmailR? I see
how I
can create a file attachment using mime_part but I would like to
send
the matrix in the body of the email.
The matrix looks like: ABD DEF GHI JKL MNO TOT [1,] 0.44 0.81 1.67 0.37 0.31 -1.18 All the conversions I have tried end up sending the matrix
without
the colnames.
Thanks.
______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.