[R] how to load functions from file

[Bert Gunter]

Rolf:

Google on "load functions into R."
A post referencing source() (from Henrik Bengtsson is the first hit.

-- Bert

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> On 04/04/12 15:54, John Kohr wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have several functions in an .R file. I try to load them with load()
>> command but it seems is not working..
>>
>> if .R is in /home/user/myfunctions.R
>>
>> how can i load it? is there any other way?
>
>
> Don't assume that you know what "load" means on the basis of
> believing that you have an intuitive understanding of this term.
> You haven't.
>
> Read the help for load.  I.e. RTFM.  You will see that the function
> load() could scarcely be *less* appropriate for what you are trying
> to do.
>
> As someone else had told, the function you need to use is source().
>
> But how would you have found that out, without someone telling you?
> Ah!  Now you're asking questions!
>
> The simple answer is, damned if I know.  I just thrashed around for
> a while with help.search() and RSiteSearch(), and looked through
>  ``An Introduction to R'' on the r-project home page.  Nada.  If you
> *know* the function is called "source" then you can find it.  If you
> don't know .... catch 22.
>
>    cheers,
>
>        Rolf Turner
>
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