[R] .rda vs. .RData

[Jeff Newmiller]

My bad, I was thinking of rds (?saveRDS). RData and rda are mentioned under ?data as alternate file extensions for the same data format. Sorry for posting without checking first.
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"Shi, Tao" <shidaxia at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I would like to know that too.  Many thanks.
>
>Tao
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>> From: Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com>
>> To: Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
>> Cc: "Shi, Tao" <shidaxia at yahoo.com>; "r-help at r-project.org"
><r-help at r-project.org>
>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R] .rda vs. .RData
>> 
>> Hi Jeff.
>> 
>> Can you point me toward the documentation for "rda saves content of
>> one variable, with no associated name"? I don't seem to find it in
>> ?save ?load etc.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ista
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>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jeff Newmiller
>> <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>>>  No, RData saves both the variable name and corresponding content of
>
>> multiple variables.  rda saves content of one variable, with no
>associated name. 
>>  The latter allows for greater flexibility in importing the data
>later into 
>> different working environments, the former is convenient for
>recreating a 
>> particular working environment.
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>>>  "Shi, Tao" <shidaxia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Are they the same with .RData being the newer format?  Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> ...Tao
>>>> 
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