[Feature Request]: Importing R data format (Rds and RData)

[shun2wang]

Description

Read both RData and RDS formats into JASP.

Purpose

Expanding our data import capabilities.

Use-case

There are many use cases for using R data objects as data exchange in fields such as Biology and Medicine.

Is your feature request related to a problem?

No response

Is your feature request related to a JASP module?

No response

Describe the solution you would like

Integrating this https://github.com/WizardMac/librdata since we use ReadStat this should not be difficult to do.

Describe alternatives that you have considered

No response

Additional context

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[tomtomme]

Just to sum this up, here is the full list of formats we miss (from #611)

Missing

Most of the following formats are implemented in jamovi, so a look at their source may be helpful

Import

• [ ] OMV, OMT used by jamovi
• [ ] JSON, XLSX used by Excel etc.
• [ ] XPT used by SAS
• [ ] RDATA, RDS used by R
• [ ] RedCap, see https://github.com/jasp-stats/jasp-issues/issues/1581

Export

• [ ] OMV, OMT used by jamovi
• [ ] JSON, XLSX, ODS used by Excel etc.
• [ ] SAS7BDAT, XPT used by SAS
• [ ] RDATA, RDS used by R
• [ ] SAV, ZSAV, POR used by SPSS etc.
• [ ] DTA used by Stata

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Here is the full list of formats we have

Already Implemented

Import

• CSV, TXT, TSV, ODS used by Excel, LibreOffice etc.
• SAS7BDAT used by SAS
• SAV, ZSAV, POR used by SPSS
• DTA used by STATA

Export

• CSV