Re: [R] perl functions in R enviroment

2009-09-20 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
1. You can use the system() function for a less granular interface. See read.xls and xls2csv in the gdata package for an example of calling perl from R using system(). 2. If you do need a more granular interface you could try switching to C (which is even faster than perl) or if you want to use a

[R] perl functions in R enviroment

2009-09-20 Thread John Lande
dear all, I am trying to implement some perl scripting in R to improve the performance of some scripts. I found RSPerl library, but it seems to be quite tricky to import variables. this is a simple example. is there any simpler way to do it? furthermore is there any other available resource to in