R help - Nov 2008 - how to source file with arugments

HI, All,

As we know when we use R to execute a r program we can add arguments like
'--args p1 p2'.  But when I am sourcing another file, is there a way to
set
up some arguments for the sourced program.  Thanks!

Regards,

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Jiqiang Guo <guojq28 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> As we know when we use R to execute a r program we can add arguments like
> '--args p1 p2'.  But when I am sourcing another file, is there a
way to set
> up some arguments for the sourced program.  Thanks!
> 
In general, you can use Sys.getenv() and .setenv() to pass parameters from the
command line. 

passw=Sys.getenv("PASSW")

But when sourcing, why not simply use R?

mypass = "secret"
source("myfile.r")

Dieter