Save output between pipes in dplyr [duplicate]

Question

I am writing a function with several pipes. I would like to save some of the steps as .tbl or data frame before the last pipe. For instance: a %>% b %>% c, I would like to save the step 'c', but also want the step 'b'.

I know that one option is to do two pipes, but I believe that must have a better way.

cars %>% mutate(kmh = dist/speed) %>% summary()

Answer 1

Thanks for the help. I found a better solution using braces{} and ->>. See below

   c = cars %>% mutate(var1 = dist*speed)%>%
   {. ->> b } %>%   #here is save
   summary()
   c
   head(b)