[R] Running other programs from R

[Jan van der Laan]

Have a look at the system command:

?system


HTH,

Jan


On 03/16/2013 10:09 PM, Sedat Sen wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I want to run a statistical program (using its .exe file)  from R  by
> writing a script. I know there are some packages that call WinBUGS, Mplus
> etc. form R. I just want to call the .exe extension of this program and run
> several times writing a code in R. Thus, I want to have the output inside R.
>
> I just don't know where to start. Does anyone have any idea about that? Is
> there a universal package to call application files of other stat programs
> using their application files.
>
> p.s. The program I am talking about is an IRT program called Multilog.
>