[R] importing a list

[Berton Gunter]

?dump  ?source

But do you really need to save the fitted object as a txt file?
Saving/loading it in native format (?save  ?load) and then using ?update
would seem to be more straightforward.

-- Bert Gunter
Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
South San Francisco, CA
 
"The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
process."  - George E. P. Box
 
 

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> Hi, all.
> I'm trying to automate some regression operations in R leaving the 
> possibility to modify the predictors in the regression.
> 
> For example, I have saved in a list the results and then 
> exported as a txt 
> file, in which we can modify the predictors, putting for example 
> lm(y~x^2) instead of having lm(y~x) as in the original model.
> 
> Now, I need to import in R the txt file as a list to evaluate 
> the model. 
> Is that possible?
> 
> I played around
> with source() and file() but can't figure it out.
> 
> Thanks.
> Grazia
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