R write dataframe column to csv having leading zeroes

Question

I have a table that stores prefixes of different lengths.. snippet of table(ClusterTable)

ClusterTable[ClusterTable$FeatureIndex == \"Prefix2\",\'Feat

Answer 1

When dealing with leading zeros you need to be cautious if exporting to excel. Excel has a tendency to outsmart itself and automatically trim leading zeros. You code is fine otherwise and opening the file in any other text editor should show the zeros.