[R] Dump the "source code" of data frame

[jim holtman]

If you want to save it so that you can read it back later, then look
at 'save' and 'load'.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:09 AM, C.H. <chainsawtiney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear R experts,
>
> I remember a similar function existed and have been mentioned in
> R-help before. I tried my best to search but I really can't find it
> out.
>
> suppose I have an data frame like this:
>
>> somedata <- data.frame(age.min = 1, age.max = 1.5, male = TRUE, l = -1.013, m=16.133, s=0.07656)
>
> In order to back up the data and I don't want to use write.table(), I
> would like to back up the "source code" of the data frame. When I
> apply that function (let's call it dumpdf() ), the function will
> reproduce the "source code" that creates the data.frame. For example:
>
>> dumpdf(somedata)
> somedata <- data.frame(age.min = 1, age.max = 1.5, male = TRUE, l =
> -1.013, m=16.133, s=0.07656)
>
> Is there any function similar to the dumpdf() above?
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Regards,
>
> CH
>
> --
> CH Chan
>
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Jim Holtman
Data Munger Guru

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