gdata (version 2.2.0)

keep: Remove All Objects, Except Those Specified

Description

Remove all objects from the default workspace, except those specified.

Usage

keep(..., list = character(0), sure = FALSE)

Arguments

...

objects to be kept, specified one by one, quoted or unquoted.

list

character vector of object names to be kept.

sure

whether to perform the removal, otherwise return names of objects that would have been removed.

Value

• A character vector containing object names, or NULL when sure is TRUE.

Details

Convenient interface to rm() when removing most objects from the default workspace.

Implemented with a few safety caps: objects whose name starts with a period . are not removed, and sure=TRUE is required to perform the removal.

See Also

rm.

Examples

data(women, cars)
keep(cars)
## To remove all objects except cars, run:
## keep(cars, sure=TRUE)