[R] Mathematica and R

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 15/07/2010 12:11 PM, David Bickel wrote:
> 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.
>   

I would think that's something for Wolfram Research to develop, unless 
you just meant a front end in the same style as Mathematica.  If the 
latter, we've made efforts to allow contributed front ends to work with 
R, so go for it.  You can start from scratch, or from any of the 
existing open source front ends.

Duncan Murdoch
> Best regards,
> David
>
>
> On 10-07-14 10:24, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> > On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:59 AM, David Bickel wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> 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
> >>      
> >
> > See:
> >
> >    http://www.scienceops.com/Rlink2.asp
> >
> >    http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Conferences/6510/
> >
> > Those provide hints on calling R from Mathematica using a commercial application (Windows Vista only apparently).
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > In so far as moving data back and forth, you can review the R Data Import/Export manual:
> >
> >    http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.html
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Marc Schwartz
> >
> >
>
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