[R-SIG-Mac] Scripting R

[Simon Urbanek]

Emiliano,
I think you missed my reply - clipboard is even simpler than using  
external files and I have even provided the AS for this. However, this  
is not what Christian asked for (please read the whole thread before  
replying).
Cheers,
Simon

On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Emiliano Guevara wrote:

> Hi!
>
> maybe my reply will be too foolish... but I'll try anyway!
>
> Can't you just use .CSV as an interface format between any spreadsheet
> software and R?
>
> That makes data sharing really very simple by using read.csv and
> read.csv2 to get the data into R, and then write.csv and write.csv2
> to save for the spreadsheet.
>
> I imagine you can easily make an Applescript wrapper to make the
> transition look a lot more like a GUI feature...
> but then, why on earth would you need to use something like Excel
> when you are already using R???
>
> anyway, good luck!
>
> E.
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 17:03 PM, Christian Prinoth wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> is there something similar to rcom on OSX? I understand that R for  
>> OSX
>> has some limited applescript support, but I was wondering if there  
>> is an
>> easy way to share data with other applications. My ultimate goal  
>> would
>> be to use R together with a spreadsheet as I can currently do on  
>> windows
>> with R, rcom and Excel.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Christian Prinoth <cp at epsilonsgr.it>
>> Epsilon SGR
>> +39-02-88102355
>
>
>
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