kLoad: Load and Assign an R Object
In Kmisc: Kevin Miscellaneous

Description Usage Arguments Details Value See Also Examples

The regular load function keeps the old variable name used when saving that object. Often, we would prefer to assign the loaded object to a new variable name. Hence, this function.

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kLoad(...)

getload(...)

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args to pass to load

If multiple arguments are supplied, they will be concatenated through file.path.

the object stored in the load-ed object

load

dat <- data.frame( x = c(1,2,3), y=c('a','b','c') )
save( dat, file="dat.rda" )
rm( dat )
my_data <- kLoad( "dat.rda" )
## we protect ourselves from 'forgetting' the name of the
## object we saved