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Name: rchitect
Version: 0.3.4
Summary: Mapping R API to Python
Home-page: https://github.com/randy3k/rchitect
Author: Randy Lai
Author-email: randy.cs.lai@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Description: # Interoperate R with Python
        
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        ## Installation
        
        ```sh
        # install released version
        pip install -U rchitect
        
        # or the development version
        pip install -U git+https://github.com/randy3k/rchitect
        ```
        
        ## Why reinvent the wheel?
        
        You may be curious why I reinvented the wheel when there is [`rpy2`](https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2)?
        
        The main reason is to drive [`radian`](https://github.com/randy3k/radian).
        `rpy2` was not suitable because it is missing some key features for running
        the R REPL. Speaking of compatibility, `rchitect` has been thoroughly tested on
        multiple platforms such as Windows, macOS and Linux and we also provide binary
        wheels for user convenience.
        
        ## Getting started
        
        ```py
        from rchitect import *
        a = reval("1:5")     # evaluate an R expression in the global environment
        b = rcopy(a)         # convert any RObject returned by `reval` to its python type
        c = robject(b)       # convert any python object to its R type
        d = rcall("sum", c)  # call an R function. Python objects are converted to RObjects implicitly.
        ```
        
        ## FAQ
        
        If `rchitect` fails to open the R shared library, user should first
        try to expose the path to R to the `PATH` vaiable.
        
        In Linux/macOS, you could also export the environment variable `R_HOME`. For example,
        ```sh
        $ export R_HOME=/usr/local/lib/R
        $ radian
        ```
        Sometimes, you may also need to futher specify `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` if R fails to find some shared libraries,
        ```sh
        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:`R RHOME`/lib"
        ```
        
        Please also make sure that R was installed with the R shared library `libR.so` or `libR.dylib` or `libR.dll`. On Linux, the flag `--enable-R-shlib` may be needed to install R from the source.
        
        ## Wiki
        
        [reticulate](https://github.com/randy3k/rchitect/wiki/Conversions-between-reticulate-and-rchitect-objects-are-seamless) conversions
        
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