NAME

Statistics::R::Win32 - Helper functions for Statistics::R on MS Windows platforms

DESCRIPTION

Helper functions to deal with environment variables and escape file paths on MS Windows platforms.

SYNOPSIS

   if ( $^O =~ m/^(?:.*?win32|dos)$/i ) {
      require Statistics::R::Win32;
   }

METHODS

win32_path_adjust( )

Looks for paths where R could be installed, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\R-2.1\bin and add it to the PATH environment variable.

win32_space_quote( )

Takes a path and return a path that is surrounded by double-quotes if the path contains whitespaces. Example:

   C:\Program Files\R\bin\x64
    

becomes

   "C:\Program Files\R\bin\x64"
    

win32_space_escape( )

Takes a path and return a path where spaces have been escaped by a backslash. contains whitespaces. Example:

   C:\Program Files\R\bin\x64
    

becomes

   C:\Program\ Files\R\bin\x64
    

win32_double_bs

Takes a path and return a path where each backslash was replaced by two backslashes.
Example:

   C:\Program Files\R\bin\x64
    

becomes

   C:\\Program Files\\R\\bin\\x64
    

SEE ALSO

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Statistics::R

AUTHORS

Florent Angly <florent.angly@gmail.com> (2011 rewrite)

Graciliano M. P. <gm@virtuasites.com.br> (original code)

MAINTAINER

Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

BUGS

All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this program is no exception. If you find a bug, please report it on the CPAN Tracker of Statistics::R: <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Name=Statistics-R>

Bug reports, suggestions and patches are welcome. The Statistics::R code is developed on Github (<http://github.com/bricas/statistics-r>) and is under Git revision control. To get the latest revision, run:

   git clone git@github.com:bricas/statistics-r.git