#an example to save a dataset i the textbook as a text file in R:

#see an intro to the package, including all the available datasets at
# http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/KMsurv/KMsurv.pdf

#install the R package if not yet:
install.packages("KMsurv")

library("KMsurv")

#activate the data to be save;
# here it the data named alloauto:
data(alloauto)

#see an intro to the data:
?alloauto

#save it in a text file named "alloauto.dat";
# you can use whatever file name you like:
sink("alloauto.dat")
alloauto
sink()