Question

Unlike writing out a table or CSV file, dump() and dput() preserve the ______ so that another user doesn’t have to specify the all over again.

(a) metadata

(b) backup data

(c) attribute data

(d) normal data

This question was addressed to me in semester exam.

I'd like to ask this question from Textual Data Formats in chapter R – Data Storage, Formats, Objects and Operations of R Programming

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) metadata

Explanation: The read.table() function is one of the most commonly used functions for reading data. The help file with read.table() is worth reading in its entirety if only because the function gets used a lot.