Never mind; I had a brain cramp and confused the value returned from
data() with the actions taken. My data objects were properly loaded
into my environment.
Apologies to this list.
Carl
On 1/28/22 3:23 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
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 <c...@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
--
Carl Witthoft
c...@witthoft.com
resume: https://app.box.com/file/498153801347
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