Save a data frame with list-columns as csv file

Question

I have the following data frame that looks like this (3 columns as list).

A tibble: 14 x 4
                                                    clinic_name drop_         


        

Answer 1

Is there any specific reason why you would like to save the columns as a list ? Alternatively, you can use unnest and save it in csv. example below

library(tidyverse)
df_list<-data_frame(abc = letters[1:3], lst = list(1:3, 1:3, 1:3))
df_list %>% unnest() %>% write.csv("list.csv")

further, when you read the file you can nest it back

df <- read.csv("list.csv")[ ,2:3]
df %>% nest(lst)