>>>>> Jeff Newmiller >>>>> on Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:45:02 -0700 writes:
> IMO you are being a bit too literal. It is absolutely possible to load the file into a dedicated environment and use the $ or [[]] extraction operator to access a specific object in that environment. > ?load > ?new.env > Or, you can attach the file, copy to a new variable, and detach. (see examples in ?load) Exactly: In the eyes of most R experts, it is the only useful use of attach(): attach(".RData") ls.str(2) # -> get alevel-1 str(.) of the objects in your image > On November 5, 2021 3:26:49 PM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You can't. You can only save and load whole .RData files. You can, of >> course, save and load separate R objects in separate files. But note >> in ?save.image: >> >> "For saving single R objects, saveRDS() is mostly preferable to >> save(), notably because of the functional nature of readRDS(), as >> opposed to load(). " >> >> You may wish to search on "data serialization" (e.g. on Wikipedia) or >> similar to better understand the underlying ideas. >> >> Bert Gunter >> >> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along >> and sticking things into it." >> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) >> >> Bert Gunter >> >> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along >> and sticking things into it." >> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 3:01 PM Bogdan Tanasa <tan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I saved my work in a Rimage that contains multiple objects ; >>> >>> the objects were generated with Monocle3 : >>> >>> https://cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/monocle3/docs/starting/ >>> >>> one object is called CDS. >>> >>> How shall I extract this object CDS (that has a complex structure) from the >>> R image ? >>> >>> thank you, >>> >>> Bogdan >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.