[Rd] String to list and visa versa

[Tom McCallum]

Hi,

I need to collapse a list into a string and then reparse it back into the  
list.  Normally when I need to do this I simply use write.csv and  
read.csv, but I need to do this in memory within R rather than writing out  
to file.  Are there any bespoke commands that any knows of that does  
something like this or any tips for doing this that anyone can suggest?  I  
basically don't care upon the string representation, only that I can  
manipulate the list as a string and then reparse it back to a valid list  
object.

Many thanks for your help,

Tom

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