The “read_rds” Function in R

• Package: base (part of the R base package)

• Purpose: To read an R object saved in .rds format.

• General Class: Data Import

• Required Argument(s):

• file: The path to the .rds file to read.

• Notable Optional Arguments: None

• Example (with Explanation):

• # Read an R object saved in .rds format
  data <- read_rds("data.rds")
  
  # Display information about the loaded object
  print(data)

• In this example, the read_rds function from the base R package is used to read an R object saved in .rds format from the file “data.rds” into the R environment. The loaded object is then printed to the console. This function is commonly used to load saved R objects for further analysis or processing.