[R] viewing data in something similar to 'R Data Editor'

[Erich Neuwirth]

On Windows, this could be done with rcom and Excel.
rcom can use Excel as a server and put matrices into Excel ranges.
The code you run in R could have a statement resending matrices so the  
current
version is displayed.

I could set up more conveniently what yo want if RGui had a way
of automatically running a function each time code is run from the  
command line.
So here is a question to the masters:
Can I have code automatically run each time some code
is run from the command line?




On Aug 1, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Rachel Schwartz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to view matrices I am working with in a clean, easy to  
> read,
> separate window.
>
> A friend showed me how to do something like I want  with edit(). I  
> can view
> the matrix in the 'R Data Editor':
>
> For a sample matrix:
>
>> mat=matrix(1:15,ncol=3)
>> mat
>     [,1] [,2] [,3]
> [1,]    1    6   11
> [2,]    2    7   12
> [3,]    3    8   13
> [4,]    4    9   14
> [5,]    5   10   15
>
>
>> look=function(x) invisible(edit(x))
>> look(mat)
>
> That opens the 'R Data Editor' with mat loaded.
>
>
> But I am not able to do any other actions in R while this 'R Data  
> Editor' is
> open. I want to keep this open while
> I do other work.
>
> Is there a way to view my data in something like the 'R Data Editor'  
> that
> still allows me to do work at the same time?
> I am looking for something other than  str(), head(), and tail()  
> which just
> allow me a quick peak at the object. I do not
> want to edit the object in the table, but be able to watch the  
> object change
> while I run anything that would manipulate it.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Best,
> Rachel Schwartz
> Graduate Student Researcher
> UCSD; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
>
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