Bioequivalence and Bioavailability Forum

Hi Helmut,

❝ I tried this

❝

#include <stdio.h>


❝ int main() {


❝   printf("Hello, world!\n");
❝   return 0;


❝ }

saved as hw.c

❝ gcc-x86_64-w64 10.3.0 called from R 4.1.2:

❝

system(command = "gcc -Wall -O2 hw.c -o hw", intern = TRUE)


❝ character(0)

compiles to hw.exe

❝ In R 4.2.1:

❝

system(command = "hw", intern = TRUE)


❝ [1] "Hello, world!"

❝ Do I understand you correctly that you want to get eventual warnings / errors of the compiler in R? If yes, your approach cannot work. Since the file compiled successfully, R cannot ‘know’ of any problems.

It is about capturing the info that gcc prints, regardless of what that info is. Doesn't matter if it is error or success or a recipe for apple pie. When you ran the system command on hw.c, gcc probably gave you a message. It is that message (in your case that the compilation is successful) I need to capture in a variable.

❝ You have to tell the compiler to redirect them to a file and read it in R. Perhaps this thread at stackoverflow helps.

Yes, I have been there prior to posting. Pipes, stdin, stdout and God knows what. I am too old for this.