Merged file can become: ... current file1 contents ... f <- function() { ... current file 2 contents ... }
and then source that followed by running your middle code followed by running f(). Of course, you may need to make some changes in the body of f due to the changed scoping that this introduces. On 8/3/07, Dennis Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colleagues: > > I have encountered the following situation: > SERIES OF COMMANDS > source("File1") > MORE COMMANDS > source("File2") > > Optimally, I would like File1 and File2 to be merged into a single > file (FileMerged). However, if I wrote the following: > SERIES OF COMMANDS > source("FileMerged") > MORE COMMANDS > > I encounter an error: the File2 portion of FileMerged contains > commands that cannot be executed properly until "MORE COMMANDS" are > executed. Similarly, sourcing FileMerged after MORE COMMANDS does > not work because MORE COMMANDS requires the information from the > File1 portion of FileMerged. > > I am looking for a means to source FileMerged but not execute some of > the commands immediately. Functionally this would look like: > SERIES OF COMMANDS > source("FileMerged") # but withhold execution of some of the > commands > MORE COMMANDS > COMMAND TO EXECUTE THE WITHHELD COMMANDS > > Does R offer some option to accomplish this? > > Dennis > > Dennis Fisher MD > P < (The "P Less Than" Company) > Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784) > Fax: 1-415-564-2220 > www.PLessThan.com > > ______________________________________________ > 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.