I think I get it now. I rewrote the program without using the STRING command but still writes to the SD card in the same format.
Thanks for pointing this out to me, Nick.
/*
THIS PROGRAM WRITES DATA TO AN SD CARD WITHOUT USING
THE STRING COMMAND.
*/
#include <SD.h>
// On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4.
const int chipSelect = 4;
void setup()
{
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}
Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
// make sure that the default chip select pin is set to
// output, even if you don't use it:
pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(10,HIGH); // disables w5100
// see if the card is present and can be initialized:
if (!SD.begin(chipSelect)) {
Serial.println("Card failed, or not present");
// don't do anything more:
return;
}
Serial.println("card initialized.");
}
void loop()
{
File dataFile = SD.open("datalog.txt", FILE_WRITE);
if (dataFile) {
// read three sensors
for (int analogPin = 0; analogPin < 3; analogPin++) {
int sensor = analogRead(analogPin);
dataFile.print(sensor) ;
Serial.print(sensor);
if (analogPin < 2) {
dataFile.print(", ") ;
Serial.print(", ");
}
else {
dataFile.println();
Serial.println();
dataFile.close();
}
}
}
else {
Serial.println("error opening datalog.txt");
}
delay(500);
}
Moderator edit: [code] ... [/code] tags added. (Nick Gammon)