R function to convert object into code

Question

I am looking for a function in R that converts an object into code that can be used to create a replica of that object. Something like this:

> myObject=c(1, 2, 3)
> magicFunction(myObject)
[1] "c(1,2,3)"

I think this function exists, but I cannot find it. Would greatly appreciate your help.

Answer 1

You can also use dput, as this retains the structure of the object as opposed to a character string representation of it.

From ?dput:

Writes an ASCII text representation of an R object to a file or connection, or uses one to recreate the object.

For example

myObject=c(1, 2, 3)

dput(myObject)
# c(1, 2, 3)


identical(myObject, dput(myObject))
# c(1, 2, 3)
# [1] TRUE

## whereas
identical(myObject, deparse(myObject))
# [1] FALSE

Answer 2

We can use deparse

deparse(myObject)
#[1] "c(1, 2, 3)"