slices_store: Store and restore 'teal_slices' object

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Store and restore teal_slices object

Description

Functions that write a teal_slices object to a file in the JSON format, and also restore the object from disk.

Usage

slices_store(tss, file)

slices_restore(file)

Arguments

tss	(teal_slices) object to be stored.
file	(character(1)) file path where teal_slices object will be saved and restored. The file extension should be ".json".

Details

Date and date time objects are stored in the following formats:

• Date class is converted to the "ISO8601" standard (YYYY-MM-DD).

• POSIX*t classes are converted to character by using format.POSIX*t(usetz = TRUE, tz = "UTC") (⁠YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC⁠, where UTC is the ⁠Coordinated Universal Time⁠ timezone short-code).

This format is assumed during slices_restore. All POSIX*t objects in selected or choices fields of teal_slice objects are always printed in UTC timezone as well.

Value

slices_store returns NULL, invisibly.

slices_restore returns a teal_slices object restored from the file.

See Also

teal_slices()

teal documentation built on May 29, 2024, 10:11 a.m.