Re: [R] how to call Perl from R

The read.xls function in the gdata package is another example (the call to system is actually in xls2csv which it calls). On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Marc Schwartz wrote: > On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:58 AM, mau...@alice.it wrote: > >> I read some archived posts about calling R from Perl scripts.

Re: [R] how to call Perl from R

On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:58 AM, mau...@alice.it wrote: I read some archived posts about calling R from Perl scripts. There seems to be an R package creating the necessaary interface. I'd like to do the opposite. That is to call Perl from an R script. I wonder whether this is possible at all ???

[R] how to call Perl from R

I read some archived posts about calling R from Perl scripts. There seems to be an R package creating the necessaary interface. I'd like to do the opposite. That is to call Perl from an R script. I wonder whether this is possible at all ??? What about Bioperl which is a Perl variation built to d