R devel - Jan 2006 - hello World problem

Hi,

I'm trying to build a simple R package 'helloWorld' with just one 
function that prints 'hello World' on the C side.
I agree that it is completely useless, but I just start mixing R and C.

My C file is as follows :

#include <stdio.h>
void helloWorld() {
  printf("hello world !\n") ;
}

When I call it from R, here is what happens :
R> .C("helloWorld", PACKAGE = "helloWorld")
hello world !
list()

is it normal that 'list()' is printed ?

Thanks.

Romain

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See the `Value' section of ?.C.  Also, it's better to use the i/o
provided
by the R API; i.e., something like:

#include "R.h"
void helloworld() {
    Rprintf("Hello world!\n");
}

Andy



From: Romain Francois
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build a simple R package 'helloWorld' with just
one
> function that prints 'hello World' on the C side.
> I agree that it is completely useless, but I just start 
> mixing R and C.
> 
> My C file is as follows :
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> void helloWorld() {
>   printf("hello world !\n") ;
> }
> 
> When I call it from R, here is what happens :
> R> .C("helloWorld", PACKAGE = "helloWorld")
> hello world !
> list()
> 
> is it normal that 'list()' is printed ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Romain
> 
> -- 
> visit the R Graph Gallery : http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques
> mixmod 1.7 is released : 
> http://www-math.univ-> fcomte.fr/mixmod/index.php
> 
> 
> +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Romain FRANCOIS - http://francoisromain.free.fr               |
> | Doctorant INRIA Futurs / EDF                                  |
> +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Romain Francois wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build a simple R package 'helloWorld' with just
one
> function that prints 'hello World' on the C side.
> I agree that it is completely useless, but I just start mixing R and C.
>
> My C file is as follows :
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> void helloWorld() {
>  printf("hello world !\n") ;
> }
>
> When I call it from R, here is what happens :
> R> .C("helloWorld", PACKAGE = "helloWorld")
> hello world !
> list()
>
> is it normal that 'list()' is printed ?
Yes.  That is the return value of .C().  (It is not normal to call .C() at 
the toplevel, rather as part of a function.)  The value section of the 
help page says

      The functions '.C' and '.Fortran' return a list similar to
the
      '...' list of arguments passed in, but reflecting any changes made
      by the C or Fortran code.

You have no ... args, so get an empty list.

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On 1/12/2006 10:46 AM, Romain Francois wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build a simple R package 'helloWorld' with just
one
> function that prints 'hello World' on the C side.
> I agree that it is completely useless, but I just start mixing R and C.
> 
> My C file is as follows :
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> void helloWorld() {
>   printf("hello world !\n") ;
> }
> 
> When I call it from R, here is what happens :
> R> .C("helloWorld", PACKAGE = "helloWorld")
> hello world !
> list()
> 
> is it normal that 'list()' is printed ?
Yes, because that is the return value from .C.  If you don't want to 
print it, you could call

invisible(.C( ... ))

or, more likely, you'd embed this call in a function that produced its 
own return value after calling .C().

By the way, you should call Rprintf() rather than printf(), if you want 
your function to work in environments like Windows Rgui.  See the 
Writing R Extensions manual for the details.

Duncan Murdoch