R CMD BUILD converting data file format?
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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