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Name

saveTable()

Description

Writes the contents of a Table object to a file. By default, this file is saved to the sketch's folder. This folder is opened by selecting "Show Sketch Folder" from the "Sketch" menu.

Alternatively, the file can be saved to any location on the computer by using an absolute path (something that starts with / on Unix and Linux, or a drive letter on Windows).

All files loaded and saved by the Processing API use UTF-8 encoding.

Examples

Table table;

void setup() {

  table = new Table();
  
  table.addColumn("id");
  table.addColumn("species");
  table.addColumn("name");
  
  TableRow newRow = table.addRow();
  newRow.setInt("id", table.getRowCount() - 1);
  newRow.setString("species", "Panthera leo");
  newRow.setString("name", "Lion");
  
  saveTable(table, "data/new.csv");
}

// Sketch saves the following to a file called "new.csv":
// id,species,name
// 0,Panthera leo,Lion

Syntax

saveTable(table, filename)
saveTable(table, filename, options)

Parameters

table(Table)the Table object to save to a file
filename(String)the filename to which the Table should be saved
options(String)can be one of "tsv", "csv", "bin", or "html"

Return

boolean

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