org-mode-mirror/lisp/langs/org-babel-R.el

;;; org-babel-R.el --- org-babel functions for R code evaluation

;; Copyright (C) 2009 Eric Schulte

;; Author: Eric Schulte
;; Keywords: literate programming, reproducible research, R, statistics
;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org
;; Version: 0.01

;;; License:

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;;; Commentary:

;; Org-Babel support for evaluating R code

;;; Code:
(require 'org-babel)

(org-babel-add-interpreter "R")

(add-to-list 'org-babel-tangle-langs '("R" "r"))

(defun org-babel-execute:R (body params)
  "Execute a block of R code with org-babel.  This function is
called by `org-babel-execute-src-block' via multiple-value-bind."
  (message "executing R source code block...")
  (save-window-excursion
    (let ((full-body (concat
		      (mapconcat ;; define any variables
		       (lambda (pair)
			 (org-babel-R-assign-elisp (car pair) (cdr pair)))
		       vars "\n") "\n" body "\n"))
	  (session (org-babel-R-initiate-session session))
	  (column-names-p (cdr (assoc :colnames params))))
      (org-babel-R-evaluate session full-body result-type column-names-p))))

(defun org-babel-prep-session:R (session params)
  "Prepare SESSION according to the header arguments specified in PARAMS."
  (let* ((session (org-babel-R-initiate-session session))
         (vars (org-babel-ref-variables params)))
    (mapc (lambda (pair) (org-babel-R-assign-elisp session (car pair) (cdr pair))) vars)))

;; helper functions

(defun org-babel-R-quote-tsv-field (s)
  "Quote field S for export to R."
  (if (stringp s)
      (concat "\"" (mapconcat 'identity (split-string s "\"") "\"\"") "\"")
    (format "%S" s)))

(defun org-babel-R-assign-elisp (name value)
  "Read the elisp VALUE into a variable named NAME."
  (if (listp value)
      (let ((transition-file (make-temp-file "org-babel-R-import")))
        ;; ensure VALUE has an orgtbl structure (depth of at least 2)
        (unless (listp (car value)) (setq value (list value)))
        (with-temp-file transition-file
          (insert (orgtbl-to-tsv value '(:fmt org-babel-R-quote-tsv-field)))
          (insert "\n"))
        (format "%s <- read.table(\"%s\", header=%s, sep=\"\\t\", as.is=TRUE)"
                name transition-file (if (eq (second value) 'hline) "TRUE" "FALSE")))
    (format "%s <- %s" name (org-babel-R-quote-tsv-field value))))

(defun org-babel-R-initiate-session (session)
  "If there is not a current R process then create one."
  (unless (string= session "none")
    (setq session (or session "*R*"))
    (if (org-babel-comint-buffer-livep session)
        session
      (save-window-excursion
	(R)
	(rename-buffer (if (bufferp session) (buffer-name session)
			 (if (stringp session) session (buffer-name)))) (current-buffer)))))

(defvar org-babel-R-eoe-indicator "'org_babel_R_eoe'")
(defvar org-babel-R-eoe-output "[1] \"org_babel_R_eoe\"")
(defvar org-babel-R-wrapper-method "main <- function ()\n{\n%s\n}
write.table(main(), file=\"%s\", sep=\"\\t\", na=\"nil\",row.names=FALSE, col.names=%s, quote=FALSE)")

(defun org-babel-R-evaluate (buffer body result-type column-names-p)
  "Pass BODY to the R process in BUFFER.  If RESULT-TYPE equals
'output then return a list of the outputs of the statements in
BODY, if RESULT-TYPE equals 'value then return the value of the
last statement in BODY, as elisp."
  (if (not session)
      ;; external process evaluation
      (let ((in-tmp-file (make-temp-file "R-in-functional-results"))
            (out-tmp-file (make-temp-file "R-out-functional-results")))
        (case result-type
          (output
           (with-temp-file in-tmp-file (insert body))
           (shell-command-to-string (format "R --slave --no-save < '%s' > '%s'"
					    in-tmp-file out-tmp-file))
	   (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents out-tmp-file) (buffer-string)))
          (value
           (with-temp-file in-tmp-file
             (insert (format org-babel-R-wrapper-method
			     body out-tmp-file (if column-names-p "TRUE" "FALSE"))))
           (shell-command (format "R --no-save < '%s'" in-tmp-file))
	   (org-babel-R-process-value-result
	    (org-babel-import-elisp-from-file out-tmp-file) column-names-p))))
    ;; comint session evaluation
    (org-babel-comint-in-buffer buffer
      (let* ((tmp-file (make-temp-file "org-babel-R"))
             (last-value-eval
              (format "write.table(.Last.value, file=\"%s\", sep=\"\\t\", na=\"nil\",row.names=FALSE, col.names=%s, quote=FALSE)" tmp-file (if column-names-p "TRUE" "FALSE")))
             (full-body (mapconcat #'org-babel-chomp
				   (list body last-value-eval org-babel-R-eoe-indicator) "\n"))
             (raw (org-babel-comint-with-output buffer org-babel-R-eoe-output nil
                    (insert full-body) (inferior-ess-send-input)))
             (results
	      (let ((broke nil))
		(delete
		 nil
		 (mapcar (lambda (el)
			   (if (or broke
				   (and (string-match (regexp-quote org-babel-R-eoe-output)
						      el) (setq broke t)))
			       nil
			     (if (= (length el) 0)
				 nil
			       (if (string-match comint-prompt-regexp el)
				   (substring el (match-end 0))
				 el))))
			 (mapcar #'org-babel-trim raw))))))
        (case result-type
          (output (org-babel-chomp (mapconcat #'identity results "\n")))
          (value (org-babel-R-process-value-result
		  (org-babel-import-elisp-from-file tmp-file) column-names-p)))))))

(defun org-babel-R-process-value-result (result column-names-p)
  "R-specific processing of return value prior to return to org-babel.

Currently, insert hline if column names in output have been requested."
  (if column-names-p
      (cons (car result) (cons 'hline (cdr result)))
    result))
  

(provide 'org-babel-R)
;;; org-babel-R.el ends here