[R] Symbolic equations to R code?

alanm (Alan Mitchell) alanm at crab.org
Thu Nov 20 17:25:00 CET 2014


Have you thought about programming a function builder into the Shiny applet?  It might simplify the process for your students a bit.  A highly simplified version of the page David suggested could be built that generates the R code.  

Best of luck,
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Rifkin [mailto:sarifkin at ucsd.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:48 PM
To: David Winsemius
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Symbolic equations to R code?

David, Thanks for your reply and suggestions of packages - let me clarify what I am looking for:

The web editor you pointed out is the sort of equation editor I'm 
looking for and I had seen others like this.    Let's say I use that one 
(step 1) and then have Latex code (step 2).  Step (3) would be converting the Latex into an R function automatically.  That's the key package. In searching for Latex and R there seem to be lots of ways to embed R code into Latex but not to translate Latex into R.

As far as R commander, I do indeed know about that and am not looking for an R GUI for my students. They are not going be learning R in the class.  As far as I know, R commander can't do steps 1-3, but please let me know if I am wrong.  After students use the interface in step (1), the software in steps (2) and (3) would be for my benefit, to programmatically translate the equations of 150+ students into R code.

Thanks,
Scott



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