encode/decode R objects as/from strings

rString.R

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# author  : Srikanth KS (talegari)
# license : GNU AGPLv3 (http://choosealicense.com/licenses/agpl-3.0/)
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# Description ----
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# ro_string: encodes an R object as a string
# string_ro: decodes a string encodes by `ro_string` to the R object
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# Depends ----
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# `base64enc` package and `R(>=3)`

ro_string <- function(obj){
  base64enc::base64encode(serialize(obj, connection = NULL))
}

string_ro <- function(string){
  unserialize(base64enc::base64decode(string))
}

# # example
# temp <- iris
# ro_string(temp)
# string_ro(ro_string(temp))