====== Working Directory ======
Getting
> getwd()
[1] "/home/paul/research"
> setwd("Bayes")
> getwd()
[1] "/home/paul/research/Bayes"
setwd("c:/r_data")
getwd()
====== Saving Workspace ======
> save.image()
====== Command History ======
> history() # Default 25
> history(100) # Show 100 most recent lines of history
> history(Inf) # Show entire saved history
====== Saving the Result of the Previous Command ======
> aVeryLongRunningFunction() # Oops! Forgot to save the result!
[1] 147.6549
> x <- .Last.value # Capture the result now
> x
[1] 147.6549
====== Displaying the Search Path ======
> search()
Gives a list of attached packages (see library), and R objects, usually data.frames.
====== Load and attach packages ======
library(packagename)
library and require load and attach add-on packages.
NOTE: no quote on package name.
detach(packagename)
====== Built-in Datasets ======
Find out available data set.
data()
Choose a specific data set from a specific package name.
> data(dsname, package="pkgname")
> require(graphics)
> plot(pressure, xlab = "Temperature (deg C)",
ylab = "Pressure (mm of Hg)",
main = "pressure data: Vapor Pressure of Mercury")
> plot(faithful, xlab = "eruptions",
ylab = "waiting",
main = "old faithful erruption and waiting ratio")
{{faithful_data_graphic.png}}
> data(Cars93, package="MASS")
> data(package="pkgname")
====== List of Installed Packages ======
library()
====== Installing Packages ======
> install.packages("packagename")
====== Running a Script ======
> source("myScript.R")