On Sun, 22 Jul 2018, Serena De Stefani wrote:
I need to automate a process in R. Basically I have a an R script (I will call it R1) that needs three separate files to run. These three files are the results output of one trial in my study.
The trials are specified by the labels: AA AB AM BA BB BM MA MB MM. So for subject 1, trial 1, I will have three files with the ending …mov1_AA For subject one, trial 2, R should choose the three files with the ending … mov1_AB and so on.
Serena, In addition to Jim's advice about your directory structure you should seriously consider your file naming convention. Just like variable names in a program, you're almost guaranteed to not remember what each two-character name means within six months of creating them. Spend a little more time typing and use descriptive names ... and think of using a .dat extension and using read.table(*.dat). You can name your files, for example, input_1.R, input_2.R, and input_3.R for your run sources. And, for (e.g.,) subject 1, trial 1, name the file sub1_trial1. This might produce output called sub1_trial1_input1, sub1_trial1_input2, and sub1_trial1_input3. Now when you look at data.frames or output you and everyone else will know just what each contains. Have fun, Rich ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
