[R] Save a function existing library

[Douglas M. Hultstrand]

Thanks everyone, Jorge I used your suggestion and this works perfect.

Doug

Jorge Ivan Velez wrote:
>
> Dear Douglas,
>
> I'm not quite sure about that, but you could do something like:
>
> 1. Save for function in txt format 
> 2. Use source() to load it into R
>
> As a toy example, suppose you have function called "myfunction" which 
> is defined as:
>
> myfunction=funciton(x,y) x^y
>
> Now, suppose you save "myfunction" in a text file in 
> "C:/temp/functions", with the same name ("myfunction.txt"). To load 
> and use "myfunction" in R, you type:
>
> source("C:/temp/functions/myfunction.txt")
> myfunction(2,3)
>
> which result, of course, would be 8.
>
> Another option is to save your function in the file 
> "..\etc\Rprofile.site" as Xiaoxu LI suggested before.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jorge
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Douglas M. Hultstrand 
> <dmhultst at metstat.com <mailto:dmhultst at metstat.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     I am fairly new to R and I have created a function that I use quit
>     frequently.  I was wondering if there is away to save this
>     function in an existing library so I can call it by using the
>     function name once the library is loaded?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Doug
>
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Douglas M. Hultstrand, MS
Senior Hydrometeorologist
Metstat, Inc. Windsor, Colorado
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email: dmhultst at metstat.com
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