[R] variables from command line

Martin Maechler maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Thu Sep 8 11:15:48 CEST 2005


>>>>> "Omar" == Omar Lakkis <uofiowa at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:47:43 -0400 writes:

    Omar> How can I pass parameters to an R script from the
    Omar> command line. And how can I read them from within the
    Omar> script?

    Omar> This is how I want to invoke the script: R CMD BATCH
    Omar> r.in r.out <input values>

    Omar> The script with read in the input values, process them
    Omar> and spit the output to r.out.

I think     commandArgs()    should solve this.

Regard,
Martin Maechler




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