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# Textual Serialization

We can serialize an object into a file with all the metadata.

## Write object into file

```r
data <- data.frame(a=1, b=2)
dput(data, file="data.R")
```

## Read object from file

```r
newData <- dget("data.R")
```

## Reading and writting multiple objects

[dump](http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/dump.html) and [source](http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/source.html) functions are used to read and write multiple objects.

Or we can use [save](http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/save.html) and [load](http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/load.html) functions.