Rstudio Global Environment Empty

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Hi,

I opened RStudio this morning, and the Global Environment for all my projects is empty now. I installed a few days ago SPSS, I am not sure if there is a related mater. When I type ls() I the environment seems empty. Please let me know if you know how I could get my environment back

Thanks

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When you quit a RStudio project, your environment (workspace) can be saved before exiting. Usually, it is in a .Rdata file in your project directory. I said can because this is an option than can be activated or deactivated, or set to ask each time you exit a project.

You'll find it in the IDE here:

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Note: You see on my configuration, I never save the workspace when exiting and never restore if a .Rdata file exists

By default, I think it is on ask. So, each time you quit a project (or quit R) interactively, it should ask you if you want or not to save the workspace. It will write everythig in the .Rdata file, erasing the previous one.

Several possibility for not having anything restored:

  • The option to restore is deactivated
  • There no .RData file in your project directory (or workspace), so nothing to restore.
  • You have a .Rdata file but it contains less or nothing

So, you should check if this file in still present, and what it inside (load("./.RData")), and check the options in the IDE

I hope it helps.

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