a link either between Maxima and R (the statistical lang.) or between Maxima and MS Excel



On 5/12/09, Hassan Mohamed <hassan_hany_fahmy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is there a link either between Maxima and R (the statistical lang.),
>  or between Maxima and MS Excel
> (through which maxima works as a server for excel vba)

Probably the most straightforward way to link Maxima with R or Excel
is by reading and writing comma-separated data files.
? numericalio says something about the package of functions to
read and write data files, and ?? read_ and ?? write_ say something
about each such function.

An alternative is to generate a formula in Maxima, print it, and copy
and paste it into R or Excel. Maybe "grind" is useful.

HTH

Robert Dodier