Thank you Bert and Frederic. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it really a .Rdata file? If so, the answer is no, AFAIK, since > .Rdata files are serialized (binary) versions of e.g. worksheets that > can contain many different data objects. "colnames" has no meaning in > this context. > > Corrections welcome if I have it wrong! > > Cheers, > Bert > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along > and sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 8:59 AM, 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.
