[R] how to split and handle a big R program into multiple files

baptiste auguie ba208 at exeter.ac.uk
Thu Apr 23 11:48:38 CEST 2009


If most of the functions are quite stable (you don't change them too  
often), you could also consider creating a R package with  
package.skeleton.


baptiste



On 23 Apr 2009, at 10:39, jgarcia at ija.csic.es wrote:

> source() and the use of functions
> ...
> Javier
> ---
>
>> I am working on a program totally written in R which is now getting  
>> bigger
>> and bigger so that editling the only file that contains all the  
>> functions
>> is becoming more and more unmanageable.
>> I wonder whether it is possible to spread the R code, making up the  
>> same
>> program, in a number of smaller files and then call them all, in  
>> the right
>> order, through a list of something like the C language <include>
>> directive.
>>
>> Any other suggestion how to organize, handle, and maintain a big R  
>> program
>> is welcome.
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Maura
>>
>>
>> tutti i telefonini TIM!
>>
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