[R] Mathematica and R

[David Bickel]

Sage and Marc, thank you for your helpful replies.

Since RLink enables R calls from Mathematica, I wonder if it would make 
the Mathematica "Front End" useful for organizing R work even if no 
Mathematica functions are needed. It would be nice R had something like 
the "Front End," a GUI that enables Mathematica users to easily keep 
commands, output, and plots in the same file.

Best regards,
David


On 10-07-14 10:24, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:59 AM, David Bickel wrote:
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>> What are some effective ways to leverage the strengths of R and Mathematica for the analysis of a single data set?
>>
>> More specifically, are there any functions that can assist with any of the following?
>> 1. Calling an R function from Mathematica.
>> 2. Calling a Mathematica function from R.
>> 3. Using XML or another reliable data format to pass vectors, matrices, and/or lists from one environment to the other.
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> David
>>      
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> See:
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>    http://www.scienceops.com/Rlink2.asp
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>    http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Conferences/6510/
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> Those provide hints on calling R from Mathematica using a commercial application (Windows Vista only apparently).
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> It would seem, logically, that the commercial world (SAS, SPSS, etc.) has deemed it more important to provide R functionality from within their applications, than vice versa.
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> If Mathematica can be run in a batch mode using a CLI interface, it may be possible to call Mathematica from within R using the system() function. However, parsing the results of the Mathematica operation in R will be up to you.
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> Similarly, if Mathematica has the ability to call external batch files, you could run R code in that fashion, again, having to deal with parsing the results in Mathematica.
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> In so far as moving data back and forth, you can review the R Data Import/Export manual:
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>    http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.html
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> to identify common formats (eg. CSV files) that can be used by both applications. I don't use Mathematica, so am unfamiliar with their, presumably proprietary, formats.
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> HTH,
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> Marc Schwartz
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