# create a file to convert
export(iris, "iris.dta")
# convert Stata to CSV and open converted file
convert("iris.dta", "iris.csv")
head(import("iris.csv"))
# correct an erroneous file format
export(iris, "iris.csv", format = "tsv")
convert("iris.csv", "iris.csv", in_opts = list(format = "tsv"))
# convert serialized R data.frame to JSON
export(iris, "iris.rds")
convert("iris.rds", "iris.json")
# cleanup
unlink("iris.csv")
unlink("iris.dta")
unlink("iris.rds")
unlink("iris.json")
## Not run:
# # convert from the command line:
# Rscript -e "rio::convert('iris.dta', 'iris.csv')"
# ## End(Not run)
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