R help - Mar 2003 - How to transfer lists to other computers or to S-Plus

Hi, All:

How can I transfer complicated objects like lists or a set of several 
objects from one computer to another or from R to S-Plus?

With S-Plus, I've used "data.dump" and "data.restore". 
Package
"foreign" in R has "data.restore" but not
"data.dump", and the
documentation for "data.restore" says that certain objects like
formulas
and functions may get mangled.

Thanks,
Spencer Graves

dump()/source() is your best bet.  In some versions of S-PLUS, you may 
need to increase options(digits=) before dumping.

On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Spencer Graves wrote:
> How can I transfer complicated objects like lists or a set of several 
> objects from one computer to another or from R to S-Plus?
> 
> With S-Plus, I've used "data.dump" and
"data.restore".  Package
> "foreign" in R has "data.restore" but not
"data.dump", and the
> documentation for "data.restore" says that certain objects like
formulas
> and functions may get mangled.
(They are intended for people with S-PLUS data.dump's and no S-PLUS.)

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