[R] saving an R script

[Robert Baer]

I agree that an editor or a development environment like RStudio is the 
best answer, but perhaps savehistory() function is what you are looking for.

On 5/10/2019 8:32 AM, Doran, Harold wrote:
> David
>
> Most of us use an editor of some kind to write our code. I use Notepad++ but there are many options. In this way, you simply write your code in a text file and save it.
>
> Some editors allow for you to execute your code from the script.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of David Winters
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> Subject: [R] saving an R script
>
> Greetings,
>
> This is a super embarrassing question. But, how do you save an R script with code? that is, not doing it the cheat way? where you just hit the "save" button? what function would it be?
>
> I know how to save the environment in code:
>
> save.image(file='myEnvironment.RData')
> quit(save='no')
> load('myEnvironment.RData')
>
> But how would I do the same thing with a script? rather than the environment?
>
> David
>
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