

save {base}                                  R Documentation

_S_a_v_e _R _O_b_j_e_c_t_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     `save' writes a external representation of R objects to
     the specified file.  The objects can be read back from
     the file at a later date by using the function `load'.

     `save.image()' is just a short-cut for ``save my cur-
     rent environment'', i.e., `save(list = ls(), file =
     ".RData")'. It is what also happens with `q("yes")'.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     save(..., list = character(0), file = "", ascii = FALSE)
     save.image()

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s_:

     ...: the names of the objects to be saved.

    list: A character vector containing the names of objects
          to be saved.

    file: the name of the file where the data will be saved.

   ascii: if `TRUE', an ASCII representation of the data is
          written.  This is useful for transporting data
          between machines of different types.  The default
          value of `ascii' is `FALSE' which leads to a more
          compact binary file being written.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o_:

     `dput', `dump', `load'.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

     x <- runif(20)
     y <- list(a = 1, b = TRUE, c = "oops")
     save(x, y, file = "xy.Rdata")
     save.image()

