6.124
Serializing R Reference Class Objects to CSV

Prerequisites

This lesson assume that you have a relatively good understanding of R and of the Reference Class system for object-oriented programming in R. If this is not the case, work through the following lessons first:

• 6.104 – Quick Guide to R For Programmershttp://artificium.us/lessons/06.r/l-6-104-r4progs/l-6-104.html
• 6.122 – Classes, Objects, and Methods in R

Introduction

Conclusion

Object serialization and instantiation are important aspects of object-oriented programming. This lesson explained how to serialize objects to one or more CSV files. In practice, objects are also often serialized to a database (especially relational), binary object files, or XML structures.

See Also

• 6.123 – Externalizing R Objects to XML

Tutorial

The video tutorial demonstrates the constructs introduced in this lesson.

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Files & Resources

All Files for Lesson 6.124

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References

• Reference Class System in R. DataMentor
• Objects With Fields Treated by Reference

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