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Save multiple objects to their respective .RData files

Source: R/general_save_multiple.R
save_multiple.Rd

This function saves specified variables from the global environment to separate .RData files. It allows for optional file prefixing and overwriting of existing files.

Usage

save_multiple(
  variables = NULL,
  out_directory = getwd(),
  overwrite = FALSE,
  prefix = "",
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

variables

Character vector. Names of the variables to be saved. If NULL or any specified variable does not exist in the global environment, the function will stop with an error.

out_directory

Character. Path to the output folder where the .RData files will be saved. Defaults to the current working directory.

overwrite

Logical. Whether existing .RData files should be overwritten. If FALSE (Default) and files exist, the function will stop with an error message.

prefix

Character. Prefix of each output file name. Useful for organizing saved files or avoiding name conflicts. Defaults to an empty string.

verbose

Logical. Whether to print a message upon successful saving of files. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

The function is used for its side effect of saving files and does not return a value.

Author

Ahmed El-Gabbas

Examples

load_packages(fs, purrr)

temp_dir <- fs::path_temp("save_multiple")
fs::dir_create(temp_dir)

# ----------------------------------------------
# Save x1 and x2 to disk
# ----------------------------------------------
x1 = 10
x2 = 20

save_multiple(
  variables = c("x1", "x2"), out_directory = temp_dir, verbose = TRUE)
#> Saved 2 object(s) to /tmp/RtmphTiYIO/save_multiple.
#> Saved files are: x1.RData, x2.RData.

list.files(path = temp_dir, pattern = "^.+.RData")
#> [1] "x1.RData" "x2.RData"

(x1Contents <- ecokit::load_as(fs::path(temp_dir, "x1.RData")))
#> [1] 10
(x2Contents <- ecokit::load_as(fs::path(temp_dir, "x2.RData")))
#> [1] 20

# ----------------------------------------------
# Use prefix
# ----------------------------------------------
save_multiple(
  variables = c("x1", "x2"), out_directory = temp_dir, prefix = "A_")

list.files(path = temp_dir, pattern = "^.+.RData")
#> [1] "A_x1.RData" "A_x2.RData" "x1.RData"   "x2.RData"  

# ----------------------------------------------
# File exists, no save
# ----------------------------------------------
try(save_multiple(variables = c("x1", "x2"), out_directory = temp_dir))
#> One or more files exist; skipping save. Use overwrite = TRUE to force.

# ----------------------------------------------
# overwrite existing file
# ----------------------------------------------
x1 = 100; x2 = 200; x3 = 300

save_multiple(
  variables = c("x1", "x2", "x3"),
  out_directory = temp_dir, overwrite = TRUE)

(x1Contents <- ecokit::load_as(fs::path(temp_dir, "x1.RData")))
#> [1] 100
(x2Contents <- ecokit::load_as(fs::path(temp_dir, "x2.RData")))
#> [1] 200
(x3Contents <- ecokit::load_as(fs::path(temp_dir, "x3.RData")))
#> [1] 300

# clean up
fs::dir_delete(temp_dir)