Hi everyone, More updates from a weekend of coding!
First, Leonard -- I think an iterator that parses functions and arguments can actually be built using an UNO add-in. Once the add-in gets the function call itself, it can use C++ or Java to parse it all and then send it back to Calc. That's how I did the work below. I spent the last few days playing with UNO add-ins available in the OO SDK and have some great results and news. Basically, I put together a verysimple scripting tool that allows you to pass functions to R through RServe. It contains two functions that allow the passing of columns as data and sending R entire commands. It works great with random variables like rnorm() or pnorm(), and worked when using it with cov() and cor(). Unfortunately, more complex functions like glm() and t.test() don't work yet due to their R-based object structure, but I know how to fix this (it's just a matter of time). To read more, see this document: http://www.11-55.org/ooblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/design-doc-plan.pdf In general, I think it would be best to continue with the UNO add-in development using Rserve. While working on this, I realized that no matter what happens, users of this tool will need to install R and possibly an R package. As such, I don't mind making the entire thing external to the OO source code and just build an installer or tutorial that contains everything on one site. Please let me know what you think. :) Thanks, Wojciech -- Five Minutes to Midnight: Youth on human rights and current affairs http://www.fiveminutestomidnight.org/
