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Write data RDS

write_rds.Rd

This function will write an RDS file for an R object if the file

  1. doesnt exist or 2) the object or file have changed.

Usage

write_rds(r_obj, rds_file, ...)

Arguments

r_obj

R object to be saved. Likely a data frame

rds_file

String. Path to rds file in the repo

...

Additional arguments to pass to saveRDS

Value

Path to rds file

Details

It is useful when working with data streams (airtable, googledrive, dropbox, etc) that depend on account based access - particularly through an institution or via an employer. If that account loses access to the data stream then an entire pipeline may go down. Having a copy of the data stored as RDS allows you to modify your pipeline to use the local copy of the data instead.

Examples