I think that folders should be organized by topic and not by the
software that might use the files. After all you might want to use
several different applications of files in a folder.
I teach doing something like this at the start of an R script:
> wdir <- choose.dir()
> wdir
[1] "C:\\Files\\Teaching\\STAT321\\2008"
> setwd(wdir)
Later you can edit this to
wdir <- # choose.dir()
"C:\\Files\\Teaching\\STAT321\\2008"
setwd(wdir)
to avoid repeating the dialog boxes.
Murray
On 2/11/2010 10:32 a.m., Laura Chihara wrote:
hello!
I'm wondering how you have your students
handle workspaces in R. Do you have students
create their own R folder (on their home drive),
and then load from within R? Or do you
have them create an R shortcut and then
type the path in the "Start In" field (Windows)?
I've been teaching the latter method, but am
wondering if loading from within R is easier?
Thanks for ideas.
--Laura
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