We used the fine foreign library to bring in an SPSS dataset that was about 9 megabytes and I can squeeze it into a much smaller R object using compression with
save(ndat, file="NatAnnES2000.rda", compress=T).
I can use load() to get the "ndat" dataframe back, that's all good as far as I can see. If I put that file in the data subdirectory, then the data() command finds it and I can load it.
Seems fine, but then I started wondering if there is not some more sophisticated way of packaging these things. For example, how do people put in the meta information that appears in the right side of the data() output, as in:
Data sets in package '.':
NatAnnES2000
Data sets in package 'base':
Formaldehyde Determination of Formaldehyde HairEyeColor Hair and Eye Color of Statistics Students ...
Are there other attributes that I should specify if I want to package an .rda file for other users?
An rda file created in this way will translate across platforms, won't it?
pj
--
Paul E. Johnson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Political Science http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn
1541 Lilac Lane, Rm 504 University of Kansas Office: (785) 864-9086
Lawrence, Kansas 66044-3177 FAX: (785) 864-5700
______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
