We were instructed to create a .Rprofile in the home directory, can someone please provide us with detailed instructions on how to create the .Rprofile?? Thanks. Melissa and Alex

Melissa Paczkowski <mpaczkow at="" ...=""> writes: > We were instructed to create a .Rprofile in the home directory, can someone > please provide us with detailed instructions on how to create the .Rprofile?? > Thanks. I wonder why you were instructed to create .Rprofile if you do not know what .Rprofile is ... and this is probably more appropriate question for R-help list ... anyway ... .Rprofile is a file in your home (~/ under UNIX like OS or some equivalent under Windows). Then you just put R code into that file. Say, options() is one of the candidates for this, then perhaps also local({ old <- getOption("defaultPackages") options(defaultPackages=c(old, "packageThatIAlwaysUse")) }) etc. Read also http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html. Gregor

Melissa Paczkowski wrote: > We were instructed to create a .Rprofile in the home directory, can someone > please provide us with detailed instructions on how to create the .Rprofile?? > Open a text editor. Type whatever you need in .Rprofile. Save a TEXT file with the name '.Rprofile' in your home directory. That is all there is to it. Sean