Re: [R] R system command does not work with objects/variables

syrvn writes: > If I store the path in a variable/object and call the perl script again it > does not run and I don't know how to overcome that issue. > > p1 <- "../path1" > p2 <- "../path2" > p3 <- "../path3" > > system("perl p1 p2 p3") You want something like: system(paste("perl", p1, p2, p

Re: [R] R system command does not work with objects/variables

Hi, it works great with the paste command! thanks a lot! Best, syrvn -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-system-command-does-not-work-with-objects-variables-tp3762544p3762583.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [R] R system command does not work with objects/variables

See ?paste or use system2("perl", shQuote(c(p1, p2, p3))) On Tue, 23 Aug 2011, syrvn wrote: Hello! with the R system command I would like to call a perl script which needs an input directory and an output directory in form of a path. When I put in the path directly it works. The script line lo

[R] R system command does not work with objects/variables

Hello! with the R system command I would like to call a perl script which needs an input directory and an output directory in form of a path. When I put in the path directly it works. The script line looks as follows: system("perl '../path1' '../path2' '../path3'") If I store the path in