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Executing/Loading R Source Files

To execute the commands in an R source file (a .R file) or to load a function defined in a .R file, use ''Source R code'' from the GUI environment, or source from the command line.

The GUI command is available in the file pull-down menu :

The command line version uses the source command. If myplot.R is in the current directory then executing

> source('myplot.R')

will cause the code in myplot.R to be executed. Or if the

For files that are not located in the current directory, one can specify a full path. For example

> source('Z:/Samples/myplot.R')

> source('Z:\\Samples\\myplot.R')

Note that the file separators can forward slashes "/" . If one uses backward slashes "\", they have to be "escaped" by inserting another backward slash.

See also Setting the Current Directory, Editing R Source Files

Original Documentation : source

Samples

# setting the working directory to Z:\Testing
# and then executing one of the test .R files

  setwd('Z:/Testing')
  source('mytest.R')