Re: [R-pkg-devel] Data-generating scripts in R packages

2016-03-23 Thread Kevin Coombes
Hi, I'm going to start by summarizing the suggestions (for where to put the script) that have been presented so far: [1] in the /demo directory [2] in /inst/SOMETHING, where Dirk lists four possible values for SOMETHING [3] in /R , but hidden using .Rbuildignore [4] in the Example section of a

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Data-generating scripts in R packages

2016-03-23 Thread Thierry Onkelinx
Dear Kevin, I would convert the script into a function and add it to the R folder. This makes it easy to document the script using the standard R help files. Then add the function to the examples in the helpfile of the data in a \dontrun{}. Then it is clear to to user how the data was generated.

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Data-generating scripts in R packages

2016-03-23 Thread Enrico Schumann
On Tue, 22 Mar 2016, Kevin Coombes writes: > Hi, > > I'm currently developing an R package that includes a small data set > along with the functions that I want to export. I have an R script > that generates the data set; the computation time is long (well, > relative to the size of the data set)

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Data-generating scripts in R packages

2016-03-22 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Kevin, The inst/ directory gives a good handle to pass arbitrary directory layouts of your choosing through. You just need to avoid inst/data as it would clash with an existing data/ directory. I think I have seen inst/rawData inst/extData# as in 'external data' and of

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Data-generating scripts in R packages

2016-03-22 Thread Brian G. Peterson
On Tue, 2016-03-22 at 08:52 -0400, Kevin Coombes wrote: > I'm currently developing an R package that includes a small data set > along with the functions that I want to export. I have an R script that > generates the data set; the computation time is long (well, relative to > the size of the dat