How to share a data.frame in R?

Question

I need to provide a data frame for a MWE, result of other complex operations and tons of data not directly related to the point of the question.

In order to make the example simple and lean, is there a way to transform/convert the data frame into a R command that creates it?

In instances, something like:

yadf <- structure(list(x = c(0, 1, 2, 3, 4), 
                       y = c(0, 1, 4, 9, 16)), 
                  .Names = c('x', 'y'), 
                  row.names = c('0', '1', '2', '3', '4'), 
                  class = 'data.frame')
ggplot(yadf, aes(x, y)) + geom_line()

Yes, that's what I was looking for. Thanks – juanmah Nov 24 '17 at 08:08 — juanmah, Nov 24 '17 at 08:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '17 at 07:46

As @docendo-discimus pointed, dput is the command than convert the data frame into a R command:

> dput(yadf)
structure(list(x = c(0, 1, 2, 3, 4), y = c(0, 1, 4, 9, 16)), .Names = c("x", 
"y"), row.names = c("0", "1", "2", "3", "4"), class = "data.frame")

How to share a data.frame in R?

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