JuliaData / JuliaData/RData.jl
R data file with non-standard extension is recognized as generic GZip file.
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- Julia
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Description
MWE:
]add RData
import RData
RData.load("dat.Rda")
Error encountered while loading "path_to_dat.Rda".
Fatal error:
ERROR: ArgumentError: Package Libz not found in current path:
- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("Libz")` to install the Libz package.
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Research direction
Start with the RData.load("dat.Rda") example and trace how the non-standard .Rda extension is classified when loading the file. Done means RData recognizes dat.Rda as an R data file rather than a generic GZip file and no longer reports the shown Libz package error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100