is there a way to call R functions from C# and retrieve the result in C#

Question

Is there a way to call R functions from C# and retrieve the result in C#?

Answer 1

R.NET (rdotnet) is designed to do this:

• Docs: https://rdotnet.github.io/rdotnet/
• Source: https://github.com/rdotnet/rdotnet
• NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/R.NET

Older versions can be found here:

• https://jmp75.github.io/rdotnet/
• http://rdotnet.codeplex.com/

Answer 2

Given there is a COM interface to R, you can use C#'s COM interop to control it.

See this article for more details: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/RtoCSharp.aspx