My solution to the clutter problem is this: at start-up time, create a list of
functions, attach the list and then delete the list. I haven't delved into
making packages yet.
if (any(search()=="MyFunctions")) detach(MyFunctions)
MyFunctions <- list()
MyFunctions$
"%like%" <- function(x,y) { seq_along(x) %in% grep(y,x,ignore=TRUE) }
MyFunctions$
trim <- function(txt) { gsub("^ +| +$", "", txt) }
# You can also put data into the list:
MyFunctions$
tau = 2 * pi
# etc...
attach(MyFunctions)
rm(MyFunctions)
All that is in MyFunctions.R which I can source() again when I update it.
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From: "Abhijit Dasgupta, PhD" <aikidasgu...@gmail.com>
To:<s.chamai...@yahoo.fr>
CC:<r-help@r-project.org>
Date: 10/Jul/2011 1:40a
Subject: Re: [R] Storing and managing custom R functions for re-use
I think most of us are in a similar situation. I've usually kept mine in
a file which is sourced when I start R. The main problem I have with
this is that it clutters up my environment with a lot of stuff I don't
need all the time. I'm in the process of creating a custom package which
will be lazy-loaded. I believe a previous discussion of this topic
suggested this as the preferred method.
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