Execute part of a script from R console or terminal

Asked Aug 08 '18 at 05:24

Active Aug 08 '18 at 06:47

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Is there a way to only run only part of a script in R? For instance, give the following example saved in Myfile.R

x <- rnorm(10)
y <- rnorm(10)
plot(x, y)
plot(x, y*y)

source('Myfile.R') from within R will execute everything (the same does Rscript 'Myfile.R' in the terminal) but is there a way to run, say, the first three lines of the script only?

edited Aug 08 '18 at 06:47

Saurabh Chauhan

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asked Aug 08 '18 at 05:24

Giangiacomo

This is why we use IDEs such as RStudio. – neilfws Aug 08 '18 at 05:41
OK, but there are cases where this is impractical and you want to use the terminal instead (in my case a VM on a HPC cluster, possibly without graphical interface) – Giangiacomo Aug 08 '18 at 09:08

Execute part of a script from R console or terminal

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