Re: [R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Rolf Turner
On 25/02/16 00:11, Erich Neuwirth wrote: ?data will show you that data is a reserved word! That is simply not true. There is no mention in help for data of "data" being a reserved word. Moreover, if "data" *were* a reserved word " <- " wouldn't work either. Compare: data <- 42 # No

Re: [R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 24/02/2016 4:26 AM, Sigbert Klinke wrote: Hi, I have two scripts, one creates a data structure (a list of data frames + some attributes) and saves it via saveRDS. The second script reads the RDS file (outside of any function) and data <- readRDS (name) works, but data <<- readRDS (name)

Re: [R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Michael Dewey
You need to do help("<-") for a full explanation but in brief when you do <- it assigns locally and since it could not find data locally it makes it for you but when you do <<- it tries its very best to find data somewhere. Since data is the name of a function which the authors of R have

Re: [R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Erich Neuwirth
?data will show you that data is a reserved word! > On 24 Feb 2016, at 11:02, Sigbert Klinke wrote: > > Hi, > > thanks, using > > test <<- readRDS (name) > > it worked. But why? > > Best Sigbert > > Am 24.02.2016 um 10:39 schrieb Michael Dewey: >> Try calling it

Re: [R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Sigbert Klinke
Hi, thanks, using test <<- readRDS (name) it worked. But why? Best Sigbert Am 24.02.2016 um 10:39 schrieb Michael Dewey: > Try calling it something other than data. > > On 24/02/2016 09:26, Sigbert Klinke wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have two scripts, one creates a data structure (a list of data

Re: [R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Michael Dewey
Try calling it something other than data. On 24/02/2016 09:26, Sigbert Klinke wrote: Hi, I have two scripts, one creates a data structure (a list of data frames + some attributes) and saves it via saveRDS. The second script reads the RDS file (outside of any function) and data <- readRDS

[R] readRDS problem

2016-02-24 Thread Sigbert Klinke
Hi, I have two scripts, one creates a data structure (a list of data frames + some attributes) and saves it via saveRDS. The second script reads the RDS file (outside of any function) and data <- readRDS (name) works, but data <<- readRDS (name) creates the error Error: cannot change value