Question

dput() output is in the form of ___________

(a) R code

(b) text file code

(c) binary code

(d) both binary and text

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

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

Answer 1

Right option is (a) R code

To explain I would say: dput is used for outputting a textual representation of an R object. The dump() and dput() functions are useful because the resulting textual format is editable, and in the case of corruption, potentially recoverable.