print variable in a way to evaluate/use it afterwards

Question

I always have a little problem, providing a little minimal working example to you at stack overflow.

Is there a way to print, for example a data frame, so I can copy and paste it into the R console again and create the same kind of variable?

so basically something like this:

awesomePrint(df)
df <- data.frame(
  x = c(1, 2, 3, 4),
  y = c(2, 3, 4, 5)
)

Just try `dput(df)`. The function you are looking for is `dput`. — nicola, Jul 28 '15 at 08:02
Thank you @nicola, could you post an answer so I can mark it as solved. — drmariod, Jul 28 '15 at 08:03
@drmariod You should definitely read the FAQ [How to make a great R reproducible example?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example) where, among other very useful things, `dput` is described. — Henrik, Jul 28 '15 at 08:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 28 '15 at 08:05

You are looking for the dput function, that prints the command you need to recreate an object.

 df<-data.frame(x = c(1, 2, 3, 4),y = c(2, 3, 4, 5))
 dput(df)

You can also use dump to write that line on a file or on the standard output:

 dump("df","")

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