[R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Utsav Boobna
Hi, I am a newbie to R, just trying to switch from Splus. I am wondering to know if there is any such command in R as attach in Splus which can be used to attach the full directory. Also, any idea/referrence about, how to load c functions in R would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Utsav

Re: [R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Petr Pikal
Hallo On 9 Jun 2004 at 2:06, Utsav Boobna wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to R, just trying to switch from Splus. I am wondering to know if there is any such command in R as attach in Splus which can be used to attach the full directory. I would recommend you to spent some time going through

Re: [R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Petr Pikal wrote: Hallo On 9 Jun 2004 at 2:06, Utsav Boobna wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to R, just trying to switch from Splus. I am wondering to know if there is any such command in R as attach in Splus which can be used to attach the full directory. I would recommend you to spent some time

RE: [R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Liaw, Andy
From: Frank E Harrell Jr Petr Pikal wrote: Hallo On 9 Jun 2004 at 2:06, Utsav Boobna wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to R, just trying to switch from Splus. I am wondering to know if there is any such command in R as attach in Splus which can be used to attach the full

RE: [R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Liaw, Andy
Now that I acutally read the original question: If there are .RData files in other directories that you want to attach(), you can certainly do that. One difference between R and S-plus is that in S-plus you can attach() a directory at position 1, effectively making that the place that new

RE: [R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Petr Pikal
Hallo Andy, Well, my original respond was to Utsav's question if it is possible to attach a directory in R as in S+. I personally prefer to start R session from a directory where I have all data and results from certain project (txt, doc, xls, png, pdf). Therefore I use only .RData and I

RE: [R] attach in R corr. to Spus one

2004-06-09 Thread Liaw, Andy
Hi Petr, I don't think I've said anything that is inconsistent with what you said, have I? The strategy that you mentioned is the one that is recommended, and I use it myself. However, life is not always that simple. There are times when the task at hand involves data/code/whatever that live