Re: st: Rsource fails after first line

["Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

As far as I can see, it is R that seems to be terminating, not Stata. 
What does your file "get_data.R" look like in full?

Best wishes

Roger

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On 09/11/2011 23:24, Richard Herron wrote:
> I am using -rsource- from SSC by Roger Newsom, but it fails after the
> first line of actual R code (i.e., the comments source, but it returns
> to Stata after the first R command).
>
> Here is the relevant code:
>
> global working_dir C:\users\richard\documents\research\term_paper_econ824
> global Rterm_path `"C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.1\bin\x64\Rterm.exe"'
> rsource using `"$working_dir\get_data.R"'
>
> And the output, which doesn't provide an error, just returns to Stata:
>
> . rsource using `"$working_dir\get_data.R"'
> Assumed R program path: "C:\Program Files\R\R-2.13.1\bin\x64\Rterm.exe"
>
> Beginning of R output from source file:
> C:\users\richard\documents\research\term_paper_econ824\get_data.R
>
> R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
> Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
>    Natural language support but running in an English locale
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
> > # get ETF data from yahoo finance
> >
> > # housekeeping
> > library("quantmod")
>
> End of R output from source file:
> C:\users\richard\documents\research\term_paper_econ824\get_data.R
>
> I am using Stata 11.2 and R 2.13-1 on a Windows 7 laptop. Any ideas? Thanks!
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