[R] Textpad help

[Daniel Nordlund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]
> On Behalf Of Mary Royerr
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:14 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Textpad help
> 
> Thx for the response John and Jim.
> 
> I had heard before that textpad is a good editor for R codes and one can run
> the R code from textpad itself and once we do that, the output is displayed
> on the textpad itself. The reason I wanted to use textpad is to make use of
> the syntax highlighting a la SAS.
> 
> So I installed textpad and according to the instructions given in
> http://www.data-for-all.com/blog/?p=68  .  everything worked out fine until
> I ran the following test code:
> 
> 
> *setwd('C:/Temp/SampleR')
> #
> N<-250
> x<-1:N
> y<-0.53*x +rnorm(x, 0.42*N, 0.14*N)
> model1<-lm(y~x)
> print(summary(model1)) *
> 
> Once I submitted the R code using the SUBMIT R FILE in TOOLS from the
> toolbar menu the following message displayed.
> 
> 
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
> 
> Tool completed with exit code 1
> 
> 
> 
> Now even If I run a simple code like *a<-10;a* still the same message is
> displayed.
> 
> 
> 
> I am kind of sure it is nothing wrong with the code but something is wrong
> with the way the textpad installation. Any help? I am not a techie person.
> 
> Thx for your help
> 
> On 6/11/07, Mary Royerr <mroyerr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have installed textpad and tried running R code. But it gives me the
> > following error message.
> >
> >
> >
> > The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
> >
> > Tool completed with exit code 1
> >

Mary,

I use Textpad to run both SAS code and R code in batch mode without problems.  I looked at the instructions that you referenced and noticed a couple of potential problems with the instructions.  I was able to correct the set-up and successfully run the sample program from the web site.  However, I use a different set up because I prefer to send output to a file that I can then open in another Textpad window, rather than "capturing" the output.  Since this is not an R problem, if you contact me off-list I would be happy to give you detailed instructions on how to set up Textpad running R code in batch mode.

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA