Look at the commandArgs function to see if that does what you want. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Aydemir, Zava (FID) > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:00 PM > To: R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] passing a parameter to a file from command line > > Hi, > > I have a file fileFoo.R, say that contains these two lines, > invoking function foo that is specified in "foo_details.R": > > source("foo_details.R") > foo(parameter1) > > > I want to specify and pass parameter1 in my command line when > invoking R > in linux: R --no-save <fileFoo.R. > > How can I do that? > And how can I retrieve the value of parameter1 in my > fileFoo.R function (something analogous to perl: my > $parameter1=$ARGV[0])? > > Thank you > > Zava > -------------------------------------------------------- > > This is not an offer (or solicitation of an offer) to > buy/se...{{dropped}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.