I just wanted to save a smallish R object that took a long time to make into a variable assignment in an Rmd file. I remembered there was some very simple command in base R, but I couldn't remember the name. Here are a few of the Google searches I tried:
- r serialize object
- r object to string
- r object to dump
I finally found the answer here -- dput!!
My question, which probably isn't appropriate for SO, is: when thing comes up next time and I start searching and find serialize and dump and who knows what else, is there some place to find an overview of the different options and why to use one or the other?
Maybe someone could update that answer from eight years ago and add 'dump' and 'serialize' to the keywords and title?
