I have a 100x2 matrix to go into a package. I could type it into the R code
but, more generally, what is the *best* way to read a table from disk into,
say, package 'foo' when it is loaded into memory via library(foo)? I
thought
of having .onLoad create an environment and assign a matrix read from disk
(read.csv), put "tbl.csv" into the directory 'inst/extdata' as
recommended
("Writing R Extensions"), and use the .Library string to find the path
to
'foo/inst/extdata'. However, I don't see other packages using an
'inst/extdata' directory.
Is there a "conventional" way to read auxiliary tables into a package
when
it is loaded?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Dan
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