Question by codeguyross1 · Oct 26, 2016 at 07:11 PM · c#monodevelop .net

Is it possible to Run R Code from Unity C# in Mono or .NET?

Is there a way to run a R script using Unity's C# in Mono?

If there is no way to run an R script using Mono, I am willing to use .NET

So the following code will call the R script but will not output a file if called from unity monodevelop. It would be ok to return a string to mono but changing the true and false on startInfo.UseShellExecute and startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput throws an error. Here is the C# code that will call the R code:

 System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
 System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
 startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
 startInfo.FileName = "Rscript";
 startInfo.WorkingDirectory = Application.dataPath + "/myUnity/Scripts/";
 startInfo.Arguments = "Rexp1.R";
 startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
 startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
 startInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
 startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = false;
 process.StartInfo = startInfo;
 process.Start();

I know for sure that the R script will output a file or I can grab stdout and hold onto it. I will be happy with outputting to a file or having unity allow for a string to be returned that is the output of the R script.

P.S. I have this question listed elsewhere but I have received any responses there either

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