[R] Reloading old R Environments/Workspaces

[Spencer Brackett]

Very interesting.... I will have to take a look. Thank you very much for
the reference to these resources! They will be of great help to me.

Many thanks,

Spencer

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:41 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> An R file is nothing more than a text file with an R extension instead of
> a TXT extension. Use any text editor you like to rearrange your commands in
> the order you want and remove false starts (beware of Notepad... it seems
> to have a tendency to tack on a .txt extension in addition to the .R
> extension of you are not careful).
>
> If you use an R development tool like ESS or RStudio or Notepad++ with the
> R extension, you can type all of your commands into the file editing window
> first and you can use a hot key to copy them to your R console. That way
> you make a file and test your commands as you write them, all at once.
>
> On July 3, 2019 5:27:37 PM PDT, Spencer Brackett <
> spbrackett20 using saintjosephhs.com> wrote:
> >I do have a script available, though it is not in a traditional R
> >script
> >file/document, but an .Rhistory file as well as on Notepad. Is there a
> >way
> >I can convert one or both of these file types into an R script file so
> >that
> >I can run the commands directly to my console?
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Spencer
> >
> >On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:18 PM Jeff Newmiller
> ><jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Saving/loading does not affect the status of packages being loaded or
> >not,
> >> which may affect how useful those objects are.   This is why I depend
> >on
> >> having a script that can reproduce my results at all times, and only
> >use
> >> the load/save feature to minimize the number of times I have to re-do
> >long
> >> recalculations.
> >>
> >> On July 3, 2019 2:59:44 PM PDT, Spencer Brackett <
> >> spbrackett20 using saintjosephhs.com> wrote:
> >> >Good evening,
> >> >
> >> >I tried loading an R global environment that I had saved so to
> >resume
> >> >my
> >> >work on the datasets I manipulated during that particular R session.
> >> >After
> >> >loading the file directly, the same items that were contained in the
> >> >original working environment from the previous session appeared to
> >be
> >> >successfully implemented in my new environment. I used the ls()
> >command
> >> >to
> >> >ensure that the data I had loaded through my main console was
> >present
> >> >and
> >> >properly formatted (as it appears to be) in the environment.
> >> >
> >> >This is the result...
> >> >
> >> >> ls()
> >> >[1] "anno"
> >> >[2] "cnames"
> >> >[3] "GBM_protein_expression"
> >> >[4] "mapper"
> >> >[5] "meth"
> >> >[6] "protein_expression.LGG.US.(1).tsv"
> >> >[7] "stringAsFactors"
> >> >[8] "vec"
> >> >
> >> >I was expecting an object/file name of some sort to appear given
> >that I
> >> >had loaded two datasets in this previous R session, manipulating
> >them
> >> >in a
> >> >manner that resulted in the above output. Does this output
> >illustrate
> >> >that
> >> >the data I worked with in the previous R session, with its cosmetic
> >> >alterations and all, are all now loaded within this session? In
> >other
> >> >words, has my previous work been restored? I wanted to make sure
> >> >somehow as
> >> >I would like to manipulate the data further.
> >> >
> >> >Best,
> >> >
> >> >Spencer
> >> >
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