Emiliano, what you suggest I have already implemented, although it is a bit sluggish, especially if moving back and forth big chunks of data. The reason I am looking into this is that on windows platforms in my organization many people are using Excel as a frontend and R as a calculation workhorse. Most people are familiar with organizing and handling data in Excel, and though I agree that complex datasets are better handled directly by R, some tasks work very well with the above mentioned setup. I am currently trying to push for a move to OSX, and having very similar tools available would be of great help and smooth the transition.
Christian Prinoth <[email protected]> Epsilon SGR +39-02-88102355 > -----Original Message----- > From: Emiliano Guevara [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 29 January, 2009 20:28 > To: Christian Prinoth > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Scripting R > > Hi! > > maybe my reply will be too foolish... but I'll try anyway! > > Can't you just use .CSV as an interface format between any spreadsheet > software and R? > > That makes data sharing really very simple by using read.csv and > read.csv2 to get the data into R, and then write.csv and write.csv2 > to save for the spreadsheet. > > I imagine you can easily make an Applescript wrapper to make the > transition look a lot more like a GUI feature... > but then, why on earth would you need to use something like Excel > when you are already using R??? > > anyway, good luck! > > E. > > > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 17:03 PM, Christian Prinoth wrote: > > > Hi, > > is there something similar to rcom on OSX? I understand > that R for OSX > > has some limited applescript support, but I was wondering if there > > is an > > easy way to share data with other applications. My ultimate > goal would > > be to use R together with a spreadsheet as I can currently do on > > windows > > with R, rcom and Excel. > > > > Thanks > > > > Christian Prinoth <[email protected]> > > Epsilon SGR > > +39-02-88102355 > > > > ************************************************************** > ********** > Emiliano R. Guevara > Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies -- > University of Oslo > PO Box 1102 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway > [email protected] > ************************************************************** > ********** > > > > DISCLAIMER:\ L'utilizzo non autorizzato del presente mes...{{dropped:16}} _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
