Greetings,
This is a super embarrassing question. But, how do you save an R
script with code? that is, not doing it the cheat way? where you just
hit the "save" button? what function would it be?
I know how to save the environment in code:
save.image(file='myEnvironment.RData')
quit(save='no')
load('myEnvironment.RData')
But how would I do the same thing with a script? rather than the environment?
David
David
Most of us use an editor of some kind to write our code. I use Notepad++ but
there are many options. In this way, you simply write your code in a text file
and save it.
Some editors allow for you to execute your code from the script.
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From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of David Winters
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2019 10:54 PM
To: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: [R] saving an R script
Greetings,
This is a super embarrassing question. But, how do you save an R script with
code? that is, not doing it the cheat way? where you just hit the
"save" button? what function would it be?
I know how to save the environment in code:
save.image(file='myEnvironment.RData')
quit(save='no')
load('myEnvironment.RData')
But how would I do the same thing with a script? rather than the environment?
David
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Don't. Not from within R. Edit your script in a text editor, and save it using the usual method for that editor. You can copy lines from that file and paste them into the R console to confirm that each part of your script works, or save it regularly and use the source function from within the R console to have R run the whole thing. One reason why Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like RStudio and ESS are so popular is that they turn these steps into a hot-key keyboard combination accessible from the text editor. (They also tend to provide typing completion help that helps you enter syntactically correct code more quickly, and display variable contents in a side bar.) But this is the R-help mailing list, where the topic is the language, not the tools, and you should not assume here that anyone else is using the same editor/IDE that you are. On May 9, 2019 7:54:10 PM PDT, David Winters <winters.david.p at gmail.com> wrote:>Greetings, > >This is a super embarrassing question. But, how do you save an R >script with code? that is, not doing it the cheat way? where you just >hit the "save" button? what function would it be? > >I know how to save the environment in code: > >save.image(file='myEnvironment.RData') >quit(save='no') >load('myEnvironment.RData') > >But how would I do the same thing with a script? rather than the >environment? > >David > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
I agree that an editor or a development environment like RStudio is the best answer, but perhaps savehistory() function is what you are looking for. On 5/10/2019 8:32 AM, Doran, Harold wrote:> David > > Most of us use an editor of some kind to write our code. I use Notepad++ but there are many options. In this way, you simply write your code in a text file and save it. > > Some editors allow for you to execute your code from the script. > > -----Original Message----- > From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of David Winters > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2019 10:54 PM > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] saving an R script > > Greetings, > > This is a super embarrassing question. But, how do you save an R script with code? that is, not doing it the cheat way? where you just hit the "save" button? what function would it be? > > I know how to save the environment in code: > > save.image(file='myEnvironment.RData') > quit(save='no') > load('myEnvironment.RData') > > But how would I do the same thing with a script? rather than the environment? > > David > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- -- Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine A T Still University of Health Sciences 800 W. Jefferson St Kirksville, MO 63501 660-626-2321 Department 660-626-2965 FAX
?dump Den 2019-05-10 kl. 04:54, skrev David Winters:> Greetings, > > This is a super embarrassing question. But, how do you save an R > script with code? that is, not doing it the cheat way? where you just > hit the "save" button? what function would it be? > > I know how to save the environment in code: > > save.image(file='myEnvironment.RData') > quit(save='no') > load('myEnvironment.RData') > > But how would I do the same thing with a script? rather than the environment? > > David > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >