Template for R programs

template.r

#! /usr/bin/env Rscript
 
# File description -------------------------------------------------------------
# 
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# Setup packages ---------------------------------------------------------------
# List of packages for session
.packages = c("devtools", 
    "stringr", 
    "dplyr", 
    "ggplot2", 
    "knitr", 
    "markdown") 
 
# Install CRAN packages (if not already installed)
.inst <- .packages %in% installed.packages()
if(length(.packages[!.inst]) > 0) install.packages(.packages[!.inst])
 
# Load packages into session 
lapply(.packages, require, character.only=TRUE)
cat("\014")  # Clear console
 
# General setup ----------------------------------------------------------------
rm(list=ls()) # Delete all existing variables
graphics.off() # Close all open plots
 
# Code Block -------------------------------------------------------------------
# TODO: Add code
 
# Tidy things up ---------------------------------------------------------------
cat("\014")  # Clear console
 
# Scratchpad -------------------------------------------------------------------
# print( "Hello, world!")