load {base}

R Documentation

Reload Saved Datasets

Description

Reload the datasets written to a file with the function save.

Usage

load(file, envir = parent.frame())
loadURL(url, envir = parent.frame(), quiet = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

file	a connection or a character string giving the name of the file to load.
envir	the environment where the data should be loaded.
url	a character string naming a URL.
quiet, ...	additional arguments to download.file.

Details

load can load R objects saved in the current or any earlier format. It can read a compressed file (see save) directly from a file or from a suitable connection.

loadURL is a convenience wrapper which downloads a file, loads it and deletes the downloaded copy.

Value

A character vector of the names of objects created, invisibly.

See Also

save, download.file.

Examples

## save all data
save(list = ls(), file= "all.Rdata")

## restore the saved values to the current environment
load("all.Rdata")

## restore the saved values to the user's workspace
load("all.Rdata", .GlobalEnv)

## Not run: ## This example may not still be available
## print the value to see what objects were created.
print(loadURL("http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/s/data/sav/kprats.sav"))
## End(Not run)

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