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Hi, $ cat commandArgs.R args=commandArgs(trailingOnly=TRUE) args[1]+10 I have the above code. But the following command line gives me an error. I am wondering what is the correct way to convert a string to a vector? $ Rscript commandArgs.R 1:3 > args=commandArgs(trailingOnly=TRUE) > args[1]+10 Error in args[1] + 10 : non-numeric argument to binary operator Execution halted Regards, Peng

Hi, I know that I can use the following script to get the command line options for an R script. But the output shows two many irrelevant arguments. For example, I only want to pass "a", "b" and "c" to the script. The first 5 elements in the variable 'args' are not what I want. I am wondering what is the correct way to pass command line options to an R script.

Hi, Right now, I hardcode the file name in the script. But when I change the script name, I have to change the file name in the script to make sure the file name inside the script is synchronized with the script name. I am wondering if there is an automatic way to get the script file name in a script. Regards, Peng $ Rscript get_file_name.R > print('get_file_name.R') [1]

There are a few version of apply() (e.g., lapply(), sapply()). I'm wondering if there is one that does not return anything but just silently apply a function to the list argument. For example, the plot function is applied to each element in 'alist'. It is redundant to return anything from apply. apply(alist,function(x){ plot each element of alist})

Hi, I am wondering how to pop up the graphics window from Rscript. I run the following code, but I don't see the graphics window, even transiently. Regards, Peng $ Rscript plot.R > x=1:10 > y=1:10 > plot(x,y) >

read.table terminates the program if the input file is empty. Is there way to let the program continue and return me a NULL instead of terminating the program? $ Rscript read_empty.R > read.table("empty_data.txt") Error in read.table("empty_data.txt") : no lines available in input Execution halted $ cat read_empty.R read.table("empty_data.txt") $ cat

I don't find a function to print a string to file. Would somebody let me know what function I should use?

Hi, I have a bunch of R scripts which have the hash bang !/usr/bin/env Rscript and I typically run these scripts by passing in some parameters like this: ./nameOfRScript arg1 arg2 ... I know Rscript has the option to run in --vanilla. Where exactly do I insert the --vanilla option? When I do something like this: ./nameOfRScript --vanilla arg1 arg2 ... And I try to access the commandArgs,

I think there's a minor bug in the argument-processing carried out by Rscript. The effect is that if one passes "-g" as a flag to the script, it is erroneously exposed to the main executable's argument processing and therefore generates a message about not being able to comply with the request for a particular GUI. Uppercase G is fine as are the other 25 letters in upper or

I have the following script (also attached): #!/usr/bin/Rscript spec=matrix(c( 'verbose', 'v', 1, "integer", 'help' , 'h', 0, "logical" ),ncol=4, byrow=TRUE) spec.dim=dim(spec) spec.opt.long=spec[,1] spec.opt.short=spec[,2] spec.opt.l <- spec.dim[1] infile <- "test.dat" args=commandArgs(TRUE); l=length(args) self =

Hi, In 'example(barplot)' running in R, I see 'Hit <Return> to see next plot:', then R waits for my input. I am wondering how to wait for a user response in Rscript. Regards, Peng

Hello list Is there a way of identifying from within R whether a script has been source(d) from Rgui.exe or via Rscript.exe in batch mode? For the code I have I use the commandArgs() function to pick up command line args when running in batch mode via Rscript.exe However I like to get the code working manually first using source("MyRCode.r") I'd like to be able to put something at

Dear R experts: I am a bit stymied by how the argument picking-off works in R batch file usage. $ cat commandArgs.R cat(" Command Line Arguments were ", commandArgs(), "\n"); $ /usr/bin/R CMD BATCH commandArgs.R --args 1 2 3 $ /usr/bin/R --args 1 CMD BATCH commandArgs.R ... I am now getting into interactive mode ?! I guess it really is skipping the rest of the command line

Hi, See the code below. 'x' is a frame. x$C1 are all numbers 1, 2 and 3. 'as.matrix(x)' convert x$C1 to strings "1", "2" and "3". I'm wondering how to maintain that the first column of 'as.matrix(x)' still numbers. Regards, Peng $ cat read.csv "C1","C2" "1","x" "2","y"

Greetings All, I am looking to write a parametrized Rscript that will accept a variable name(that also is the name of the flat file), transform the data into a data frame and preform various modeling on the structure and save the output and plot of the model. In this example i am using a rpart decision tree. The only problem i am having is integrating the parameter into the internal object name

I don't understand why I can not close 'f'. This may be very simple, but I don't see why. Could somebody let me know? $ cat gzfile.csv "","V1","V2","V3","V4","V5" "1",1,5,9,13,17 "2",2,6,10,14,18 "3",3,7,11,15,19 "4",4,8,12,16,20 $ Rscript gzfile.R > f =

Hi, I am wondering if some experienced users would help put the ready-to-run code of the examples in the manuals. It would help new users learn R faster by putting all the examples in an ready-to-run R script file. Can somebody help do so sometime and post the code along with the pdf manuals? http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html Regards, Peng

Dear R experts This probably seems very easy to you guys, but I'm a beginner and would be really glad if someone helped me with this: I am trying to automate the execution of an R script (let's call it "myscript.R") by passing a variable from a bash script to myscript.R. I know I can use the command Rscript, but I don't know how to declare in bash which variable will be

Some examples in the help page are too long to be copied from screen. Could somebody let me know some easy way on how to extract the example to a file so that I can play with them?

Dear R Developers: This has come up repeatedly in the r-help mailing list, most recently in a thread started by myself. The answers have been changing over the years. Would it be possible and easy for R to offer a global read-only option that gives the name of the currently executing R script, i.e., the equivalent of argv[0] in C? (PS: An even better mechanism would be the ability to pick