Second the RStudio but also suggest Tinn-R for a beginner as the more extenseve code highlighting can be very useful.
John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: rb...@atsu.edu > Sent: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:17:47 -0500 > To: gibsons...@cox.net > Subject: Re: [R] Rank Amateur Question > > You probably want from windows GUI: > > source("test.R") > To read help to learn about this command type: > ?source > at the command prompt. (Similar pattern get help on other commands too - > its an important R skill/habit). > > If your are going to do a lot of script development, I would highly > recommend you take a look at RStudio, > http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/ which is a front end for R that > greatly streamlines script development and use. > > Rob > > > On 5/28/2013 1:07 PM, Mark Russell wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> >> >> I have just downloaded R onto a 64bit PC running Microsoft 7 Home >> Edition >> via Rgui. I have quite a bit of programming experience, though not as a >> professional programmer. I am a Measurement and Assessment professional >> (standardized testing). I would like to be able to write R scripts, and >> call >> them from the command line in Rgui. After two attempts, I receive the >> following error messages >> >> >> >>> R CMD BATCH test.R >> Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD" >> >> >> >>> Rscript test.R >> Error: unexpected symbol in "Rscript test.R" >> >> >> >> These commands were taken directly from the R documents found on the >> R-project website. >> >> >> >> Clearly, I am doing something wrong. The script test.R resides in the R >> directory, and includes >> >> >> >> 24 + 6 >> >> >> >> and nothing more. The path to test.R is C:\Program Files\R\test.R >> >> >> >> Any assistance would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Mark Russell, MEd MESA >> >> >> >> Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur. >> >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > -- > > Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. > Professor of Physiology > Kirksille College of Osteopathic Medicine > A. T. Still University of Health Sciences > Kirksville, MO 63501 USA > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails ______________________________________________ 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.