[R] R CMD BUILD converting data file format?

Jeff Newmiller
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:23:16 -0000

I am not aware of R files being converted to rda... I generate an rda file and
put it into the data directory myself. However, like most of the participants on
this list, I do not claim particular expertise in building packages... that
topic is what the R-package-devel list mentioned in the Posting Guide is for
(hint).

On January 28, 2022 11:46:35 AM PST, Carl Witthoft <carl at witthoft.com>
wrote:
>When I run the shell command
>
>R CMD BUILD mypackage
>
>the builder converts *.R files to *.rda data files.  This seems to
>conflict with the information in R-Exts which says a package's  /data
>directory can contain  foo.R files which the function data() will call
>source() to execute.
>In my case, I have a  foo.R file in the /data directory which contains
>the following (adapted for size and clarity:
>
>
># some comment text
>dataA <- '3.1415'
># more comments
>dataB <- '2.71828'
>
>The builder converted foo.R to foo.rda, and when I use either data() or
>load() all I get is  a char vector containing the text
>
>[1] 'dataA'
>[2] 'dataB'
>
>Where did I go wrong?
>
>thanks
>

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