[R] passing a file name to a script

2006-10-19 Thread Steve Sherman
All, I have a script in which I am connecting to an MS Access data table. The script concludes with the output of a text file that I use in another program. My questions are these: 1) Is there a method by which I can interactively enter the MS Access table name at the time I run the

[R] Trouble with Excel table connection

2005-06-30 Thread Steve Sherman
Hello, I've been using odbcConnectExcel to connect to a spreadsheet database containing a single worksheet. Unfortunately when I try to access the data R cannot see the table. When I run sqlTables it shows the worksheet as a SYSTEM TABLE instead of as a TABLE that I can access. I am fairly

Re: [R] Trouble with Excel table connection

2005-06-30 Thread Steve Sherman
/spreadsheet_addiction.html for some details. hth, b. -Original Message- From: Steve Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:46 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] Trouble with Excel table connection Hello, I've been using odbcConnectExcel to connect

[R] text file output

2005-06-24 Thread Steve Sherman
Hello, I would like to create an ascii text file that looks exactly like the Console output of a split() action. I have tried save, dput, dump, write.foreign and write to no avail. The resulting text files are a jumble of data that I would have to edit heavily in order to use it for my

Re: [R] text file output

2005-06-24 Thread Steve Sherman
Sink is exactly what I needed. Thanks to all who suggested it. I was also impressed by the quick response to question. Uwe Ligges wrote: Steve Sherman wrote: Hello, I would like to create an ascii text file that looks exactly like the Console output of a split() action. I have tried

[R] dependency help for FC2 rpm

2005-03-29 Thread Steve Sherman
I am having difficulty with dependencies for the R rpm for Fedora Core 2. In attempting to load R-2.0.0.0.fdr.1.fc2.i386.rpm it fails the libtk8.4.so dependency even though I have this library loaded. The library is located in: /usr/local/lib. How might I tell R where to find this library? I