I need to make computations in a python program, and I would prefer to make some of them in R. Is it possible to embed R code in python ?
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You should take a look at rpy (link to documentation here).
This allows you to do:
from rpy import *
And then you can use the object called r to do computations just like you would do in R.
Here is an example extracted from the doc:
>>> from rpy import *
>>>
>>> degrees = 4
>>> grid = r.seq(0, 10, length=100)
>>> values = [r.dchisq(x, degrees) for x in grid]
>>> r.par(ann=0)
>>> r.plot(grid, values, type=’lines’)
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lgautier
I don't think that
rpy is working with recent R releases or with Python 3.RPy is your friend for this type of thing.
The scipy, numpy and matplotlib packages all do simular things to R and are very complete, but if you want to mix the languages RPy is the way to go!
from rpy2.robjects import *
def main():
degrees = 4
grid = r.seq(0, 10, length=100)
values = [r.dchisq(x, degrees) for x in grid]
r.par(ann=0)
r.plot(grid, values, type='l')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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Ben Bolker
I don't know
rpy at all (and Python barely at all), but: it looks like you're iterating over grid within Python. Wouldn't it be more efficient (if possible) to call r.dchisq(grid,degrees), i.e. make a vectorized call to R? (edit: I see that the other answer has the same example, drawn from the docs ... so maybe there's a good reason?)When I need to do R calculations, I usually write R scripts, and run them from Python using the subprocess module. The reason I chose to do this was because the version of R I had installed (2.16 I think) wasn't compatible with RPy at the time (which wanted 2.14).
So if you already have your R installation "just the way you want it", this may be a better option.
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Using rpy2.objects. (Tried and ran some sample R programs)
from rpy2.robjects import r
print(r('''
# Create a vector.
apple <- c('red','green',"yellow")
print(apple)
# Get the class of the vector.
print(class(apple))
##########################
# Create the data for the chart.
v <- c(7,12,28,3,41)
# Give the chart file a name.
png(file = "line_chart.jpg")
# Plot the bar chart.
plot(v,type = "o")
# Save the file.
dev.off()
##########################
# Give the chart file a name.
png(file = "scatterplot_matrices.png")
# Plot the matrices between 4 variables giving 12 plots.
# One variable with 3 others and total 4 variables.
pairs(~wt+mpg+disp+cyl,data = mtcars,
main = "Scatterplot Matrix")
# Save the file.
dev.off()
install.packages("plotly") # Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session
library(plotly) # to load "plotly"
'''))
