# R statistical package with Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-statistical-package-with-ruby/152444>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-statistical-package-with-ruby/152444 "2008-11-04T00:26:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vandana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/aeb1de/32.png) [@Vandana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vandana)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-statistical-package-with-ruby/152444/1 "2008-11-04T00:26:04Z")

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Hello,

I want to invoke R statiscal package from within ruby. Is there a way  
to do this?  
Has anybody done this already?

How do I return output from R back into ruby?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Vandana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/aeb1de/32.png) [@Vandana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vandana)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-statistical-package-with-ruby/152444/2 "2008-11-04T01:21:01Z")

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Thanks,

I was able to figure it out.

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**Author:** ![Vandana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/aeb1de/32.png) [@Vandana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vandana)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-statistical-package-with-ruby/152444/3 "2008-11-04T17:15:41Z")

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On Nov 3, 4:17 pm, Vandana [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > Has anybody done this already?
> 
> > How do I return output from R back into ruby?
> 
> > Thanks,

You could still share the solution for newbies and others… just a  
thought…