[R-SIG-Mac] Scripting R

[Christian Prinoth]

Emiliano,
what you suggest I have already implemented, although it is a bit
sluggish, especially if moving back and forth big chunks of data.
The reason I am looking into this is that on windows platforms in my
organization many people are using Excel as a frontend and R as a
calculation workhorse. Most people are familiar with organizing and
handling data in Excel, and though I agree that complex datasets are
better handled directly by R, some tasks work very well with the above
mentioned setup.
I am currently trying to push for a move to OSX, and having very similar
tools available would be of great help and smooth the transition.

Christian Prinoth <cp at epsilonsgr.it>
Epsilon SGR
+39-02-88102355


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emiliano Guevara [mailto:emiguevara at gmail.com]
> Sent: 29 January, 2009 20:28
> To: Christian Prinoth
> Cc: r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Scripting R
>
> 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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