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Mark Edwards
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I have been given a 'code' file and a 'data' file which is designed for use
in R.

I have successfully installed the program onto my pc, but am struggling to
actaully use the code. How do i prompt R to read the code file and run?

Any ideas?

Many thanks

Mark

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Jens Nieschulze
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Mark Edwards wrote:
%I have been given a 'code' file and a 'data' file which is designed for use
%in R.
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%I have successfully installed the program onto my pc, but am struggling to
%actaully use the code. How do i prompt R to read the code file and run?
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%Any ideas?

source("/path/to/sourcefile/file")

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%Many thanks
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%Mark
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Jonathan Baron
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On 08/21/02 10:41, Mark Edwards wrote:
At the R prompt, say

source("codefile")

where codefile is the name of it.  You need the quotes.

When you're done,

q()

exits the program.

Now that you've gotten this far, you might look at the manual
that came with R, run the examples, etc.

Jon
Uwe Ligges
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Mark Edwards wrote:
Yes. 

At first you should get an idea what R is and how to use it. For a
"layman" a point to start is reading "An Introduction to R".
If you feel comfortable with the manuals and cannot figure out how to
solve a problem, you can ask the mailing list, but put an appropriate
subject into the header, please.

Well, you can use source() to source the code. How to import the data is
described in the "R Data Import/Export" manual - it depends on the
format of your "data". 

Since your questions is not very explicit, I cannot give an explicit
answer.
Please, tell us your OS and version of R in case of forthcoming
questions.

Uwe Ligges
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Ko-Kang Kevin Wang
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You haven't given enough information, but from what I understand, your code
file is a file with extension .R?

If so, then you can either open the file in any text editor, copy and paste
everything into R.  Alternatively, you can use the source() command to
source it in.

Cheers,

Kevin

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Post Graduate PGDipSci Student
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
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