On 27-11-2012, at 17:21, Li Shangru wrote: > Hello > > I want to call C function from R. I follow the instruction below using the > example of foo.c > http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/rc/ > > I saved the foo.c in my work directory. Then I entered the command > > R CMD SHLIB foo.c , I got the following message > > > > Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD" > > > How did it go wrong? Thanks!
Not how but why? The message is given by R when the syntax is wrong. You didn't do what you were supposed to do according to the instructions. The command R CMD SHLIB foo.c should be executed outside of R. Berend ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
