[R] calling self written R functions

2011-11-17 Thread Sachinthaka Abeywardana
Hi All, I have written a function (say) called foo, saved in a file called foo.R. Just going by Matlab syntax I usually just change my folder path and therefore can call it at will. When it comes to R, how is the usual way of calling/loading it? because R doesnt seem to automatically find the

Re: [R] calling self written R functions

2011-11-17 Thread Joshua Wiley
Hi Sachin, Nope, R does not work that way. You do have several options, though. For a function or two, consider creating/editing a workspace .Rprofile file. https://www.google.com/?q=Rprofile should bring up a fair number of pages describing this, you might look at a few. If you find yourself

Re: [R] calling self written R functions

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Goslee
?source source(/path/to/foo.R) will load it into R. Sarah On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Sachinthaka Abeywardana sachin.abeyward...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have written a function (say) called foo, saved in a file called foo.R. Just going by Matlab syntax I usually just change my

Re: [R] calling self written R functions

2011-11-17 Thread Sachinthaka Abeywardana
Looks like the function I was looking for was source(), but thanks Joshua I certainly do need to make a package once I finish this set of re-coding into R from Matlab. Fingers crossed the effort is worth it. Thanks, Sachin On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Sarah Goslee