R help - Jun 2014 - Rstudio: is it possible to create a document out of a working script?

Dear all,
I am very happy with the new features introduced by Rstudio about how
to create documents embedding R code.

I would like to know though if there is some way to embed code from a
working script into an Rmd document.
I have several working scripts for which I would like to report the
results, but I would like to avoid
copy and paste the code in the Rmd document: the pipeline is still a
work in progress,
and it is likely that I will end up changing the code and parameters
in the script.

As you can imagine, having to copy and paste my code is prone error,
and leads to a lot of code replication.
I would like to avoid this, but couldn?t find a straightforward way so far.


Thanks a lot in advance,
of course if you have other advices, or comments on best practices for
this sort of thing,
I would like to hear them from you.

Cheers,
Luca

On 20-06-2014, at 11:20, Luca Cerone <luca.cerone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am very happy with the new features introduced by Rstudio about how
> to create documents embedding R code.
> 
> I would like to know though if there is some way to embed code from a
> working script into an Rmd document.
> I have several working scripts for which I would like to report the
> results, but I would like to avoid
> copy and paste the code in the Rmd document: the pipeline is still a
> work in progress,
> and it is likely that I will end up changing the code and parameters
> in the script.
> 
> As you can imagine, having to copy and paste my code is prone error,
> and leads to a lot of code replication.
> I would like to avoid this, but couldn?t find a straightforward way so far.
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> of course if you have other advices, or comments on best practices for
> this sort of thing,
> I would like to hear them from you.
> 
This doesn?t belong on the R-help mailinglist.
It is a question about Rstudio and should be directed to Rstudio support.

Berend

How about simply using source() to call the script? If necessary, wrap bits
of the script in functions, so you source a file with lots of functions,
and then call the ones you need, as you need them.

Bob

On 20 June 2014 11:20, Luca Cerone <luca.cerone@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am very happy with the new features introduced by Rstudio about how
> to create documents embedding R code.
>
> I would like to know though if there is some way to embed code from a
> working script into an Rmd document.
> I have several working scripts for which I would like to report the
> results, but I would like to avoid
> copy and paste the code in the Rmd document: the pipeline is still a
> work in progress,
> and it is likely that I will end up changing the code and parameters
> in the script.
>
> As you can imagine, having to copy and paste my code is prone error,
> and leads to a lot of code replication.
> I would like to avoid this, but couldn´t find a straightforward way so far.
>
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> of course if you have other advices, or comments on best practices for
> this sort of thing,
> I would like to hear them from you.
>
> Cheers,
> Luca
>
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