[R] Excel calling R functions

[Tobias Verbeke]

Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 08:50 -0700, Horace Tso wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Is it possible to have Excel call a R function. If not, how about
>> making Excel send off a command to call a R script and then read the
>> result back into Excel.
>>
>> I know, I know, this should belong to some Excel forum, but i just try
>> my luck here.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Horace W. Tso
> 
> 
> See the R-Excel add-in linked from here:
> 
>   http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/projects/RDcom.html
> 

Some of the files listed in the link on that page appear
to be quite outdated. The following link brings you to
the current portal of the R(D)COM server and the
rcom package.

http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/rcom/

See the Excel heading for your question. You might be
interested as well by the recent OpenOffice.org plugin
(heading OOo).

HTH,
Tobias

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