I am not sure whether it is possible to get a column name from a dataset without reading the data.
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=oa-2115-c> Checked by Avast Antivirus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=oa-2115-c> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> Frederic Ntirenganya Maseno University, African Maths Initiative, Kenya. Mobile:(+254)718492836 Email: fr...@aims.ac.za https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Lida Zeighami <lid.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have a huge .RData file and I need just to get the colnames of it. so is > there any way to reach the column names without loading or reading the > whole file? > Since the file is so big and I need to repeat this process several times, > so it takes so long to load the file first and then take the colnames! > > Thanks > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.