[R] Saving functions

2008-09-08 Thread Williams, Robin
Hi, Appologies for the simple nature of this question, I am unable to find the answer in manuals (EG and introduciton to R). I have written a function in a text editor and saved it with an .R extension. It is saved in my working directory. How can I run it, do I need to use source? If so, how

Re: [R] Saving functions

2008-09-08 Thread jim holtman
You can 'source' it in to define it and then call it as usual. No particular directory since you have control of that with the 'source' function. File extension is by convention and anyone will work since source is just going to read in an text file and execute it. On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:46 A

Re: [R] Saving functions

2008-09-08 Thread Marianne Promberger
On Monday, 08 September 2008, 15:46 (UTC+0100), Williams, Robin wrote: > I have written a function in a text editor and saved it with an .R > extension. It is saved in my working directory. How can I run it, do I > need to use source? Just to add to Jim's reply: if you want to have this funct

Re: [R] Saving functions

2008-09-08 Thread Adam D. I. Kramer
Hi Robin, source("filename.R") will open filename.R from the working directory and behave as if you had typed in its contents, line by line. You can include a full path if you like, or use file.choose() for a file not in your working directory. --Adam On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Williams, Robin wrote