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.tur...@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 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
