[R-sig-teaching] workspace management

[Murray Jorgensen]

I think that folders should be organized by topic and not by the 
software that might use the files. After all you might want to use 
several different applications of files in a folder.

I teach doing something like this at the start of an R script:

 > wdir <- choose.dir()
 > wdir
[1] "C:\\Files\\Teaching\\STAT321\\2008"
 > setwd(wdir)

Later you can edit this to

wdir <- # choose.dir()
        "C:\\Files\\Teaching\\STAT321\\2008"
setwd(wdir)

to avoid repeating the dialog boxes.

Murray


On 2/11/2010 10:32 a.m., Laura Chihara wrote:
> hello!
>
> I'm wondering how you have your students
> handle workspaces in R. Do you have students
> create their own R folder (on their home drive),
> and then load from within R? Or do you
> have them create an R shortcut and then
> type the path in the "Start In" field (Windows)?
>
> I've been teaching the latter method, but am
> wondering if loading from within R is easier?
>
> Thanks for ideas.
>
> --Laura
>
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