Thanks Josh and Dan!

I got it to work using the following code that Dan had suggested.

x """D:\Program Files\R\R-2.9.2\bin\R.exe"" --no-save --quiet <
""&rsource.\Rtest.R"" > ""&rsource.\Rtest.log""";

Thanks for your help!! :)

Sarah



On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Joshua Wiley <jwiley.ps...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
>
> Just a couple additional notes to what's been said:
>
> 1) It seems like R CMD BATCH might be easier
> 2) If the space in Program Files is causing issues, you can use the
> Windows environment variable %PROGRAMFILES% (which also means you do
> not need the drive letter.
> 3) I find it handy to define a new Windows environment variable with
> the path to R, then I can just reference that rather than the entire
> path (a google search will show you lots of ways to do this via the
> GUI and the command prompt).  For instance: "%R%/Rterm.exe" starts R
> in the command prompt for me.
>
> Here is an example run from the Windows command prompt:
>
> "%PROGRAMFILES%/R/R-2.11.1/bin/R.exe" CMD BATCH "C:/myscript.R"
> "C:/results.txt"
>
> Cheers,
>
> Josh
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Sarah Jilani <sarahjil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to call an R program from Sas. I have tried using the following
> code
> > in Sas using the x command but it just calls up dos and says
> > 'D:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable
> > program or batch file.
> > ]
> > SAS CODE:
> >
> > options xwait xsync;
> >
> > %let Rsource=S:\EPI_Data\Communicable Diseases\DR1355 Historic
> Communicable
> > Disease Analaysis\R graphics;
> >
> > options xwait xsync;
> >
> > x '"D:\Program Files\R\R-2.9.2\bin\Rgui.exe" --no-save --quiet
> > <""&rsource.\Rtest.R""> ""&rsource.\Rtest.log""';
> >
> > What I need it to do is call R, run an R program and then go back to
> running
> > sas. Any ideas on how to do that?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sarah
> >
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