[R] Rank Amateur Question

[John Kane]

Second the RStudio but also suggest Tinn-R for a beginner as the more extenseve code highlighting can be very useful.

John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rbaer at atsu.edu
> Sent: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:17:47 -0500
> To: gibsonsdad at cox.net
> Subject: Re: [R] Rank Amateur Question
> 
> You probably want from windows GUI:
> 
> source("test.R")
> To read help to learn about this command type:
> ?source
> at the command prompt. (Similar pattern get help on other commands too -
> its an important R skill/habit).
> 
> If your are going to do a lot of script development, I would highly
> recommend you take a look at RStudio,
> http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/ which is a front end for R that
> greatly streamlines script development and use.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> On 5/28/2013 1:07 PM, Mark Russell wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have just downloaded R onto a 64bit PC running Microsoft 7 Home
>> Edition
>> via Rgui. I have quite a bit of programming experience, though not as a
>> professional programmer. I am a Measurement and Assessment professional
>> (standardized testing). I would like to be able to write R scripts, and
>> call
>> them from the command line in Rgui. After two attempts, I receive the
>> following error messages
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> R CMD BATCH test.R
>> Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Rscript test.R
>> Error: unexpected symbol in "Rscript test.R"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> These commands were taken directly from the R documents found on the
>> R-project website.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Clearly, I am doing something wrong. The script test.R resides in the R
>> directory, and includes
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 24 + 6
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> and nothing more. The path to test.R is C:\Program Files\R\test.R
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Russell, MEd MESA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
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>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Robert W. Baer, Ph.D.
> Professor of Physiology
> Kirksille College of Osteopathic Medicine
> A. T. Still University of Health Sciences
> Kirksville, MO 63501 USA
> 
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