R: Simple Serialization Interface

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serialize {base}

R Documentation

Simple Serialization Interface

Description

A simple interface for serializing to connections.

Usage

.saveRDS(object, file = "", ascii = FALSE, version = NULL,
         compress = FALSE, refhook = NULL) 
.readRDS(file, refhook = NULL)

Arguments

`object`	the name of the R object to serialize.
`file`	a connection or the name of the file where the R object is saved to or read from.
`ascii`	a logical. If `TRUE`, an ASCII representation is written; otherwise (default), a more compact binary one is used.
`version`	the workspace format version to use. `NULL` specifies the current default format. The version used from R 0.99.0 to R 1.3.1 was version 1. The default format as from R 1.4.0 is version 2.
`compress`	a logical specifying whether saving to a named file is to use compression. Ignored when `file` is a connection and for workspace format version 1.
`refhook`	a hook function for handling reference objects.

Warning

These functions are still experimental. Both names, interfaces and values might change in future versions.

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