Thanks Barry, I tested this solution and it works. Thanks also to Sarah Goslee for bringing up alternative ideas. I guess I need to get into building proper packages now. AA.
----- Original Message ---- From: Barry Rowlingson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:31:09 PM Subject: Re: [R] writing R extension Sarah Goslee wrote: > If that's still too complex, you could also save your function to a file > and load it as needed with source(). That will give the user the > same effect. > > source("/path/to/my/stuff/myfiles.R") > > Since you didn't tell us OS or anything else about your system, > it's hard to be more specific. > Yikes No! That will load all the objects into the current workspace. If you save when you quit, you'll end up with umpteen copies of your package code! For simple bundles of functions, it would be better to use save() to save them all to a .RData-type file and then 'attach()' it. This way it doesn't get stuck in your workspace. So: > foo=function(x){x^2} > bar=function(y){y^6} > baz=function(z){z*3} > myFunctions=c("foo","bar","baz") > save(list=myFunctions,file="myFunctions.RData") then quit R, start R in another workspace: > attach("/path/to/wherever/you/put/myFunctions.RData") > foo(2) [1] 4 Building proper _packages_ (never call them 'libraries' - libraries are collections of packages) isn't that hard once you've done it a dozen times, although I'm starting the find the bondage and discipline of packaging R code getting to me. Barry ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.