[R] Saving R files

[David Parkhurst]

The penultimate line in ?rm is "rm(list = ls())".  I don't see anything 
that specific in ?save, and that's why I asked.  Perhaps there's 
language in ?save that implies that to those more experienced in R than 
I am, but I'm not that experienced.
David

On 3/8/2014 10:07 PM, Ista Zahn wrote:
> Hi David,
> Please keep the list copied, that will give someone else an
> opportunity to respond to you as well (I've cc'd the list here).
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:42 PM, IU <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu> wrote:
>> Thank you---but can't you tell from what I wrote that I DID read ?save, and didn't see the answer to my question there.
>
> To be honest, no. You say you guessed at the the syntax based on what
> you read in ?rm. Why you would do that instead of referring directly
> to ?save is made me suspect that you didn't actually read the
> documentation, especially since the relevant arguments are the same in
> both functions. At any rate, what is it you find unclear about the
> documentation for the save function? It all seems pretty clear to me,
> but then I've been reading R documentation for some time. Perhaps if
> you explain what you didn't understand someone can help you clarify.
>>
>> And thanks for the reminder about the FAQ.
>
> Sure, anytime.
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
>>
>> DFP (iPad)
>>
>>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> Did you actually read the help file for 'save'? The answer to your
>>> fist question is there. The answer to your second question is in
>>> section 2.16 of the 'R for Windows FAQ'.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Ista
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:45 PM, David Parkhurst <parkhurs at imap.iu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Sometimes I don't understand the details of writeups I get, with ?save and
>>>> the like.  Anyway, that's my problem now.
>>>>
>>>> Can I do this (in Windows 7) to save everything that comes up with ls(),
>>>> guessed at by what I find with ?rm:
>>>>
>>>> save(list=ls(),file="C:\am\myfiles\ProjectA.RData")
>>>>
>>>> Or would I need forward slashes, but this would otherwise work?  If not, how
>>>> could I accomplish this goal?
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
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