Documentation for rpy2 ====================== .. ifconfig:: release.endswith('dev') or release[:-1].endswith('alpha') .. warning:: This documentation describe the rpy2 package version |version| on |today|. This is still early development for the 3.0 series and while care is taken to keep the development branch functional at all times, and this documentation up-to-date, temporary issues may appear: please remember that this is software under development. Use the released series (2.9.x) for production. .. only:: html .. image:: _static/rpy2_logo.png .. only:: html The first section contains a quick introduction, as well as how to get started (requirements, install rpy2). This should be the natural place to start if you are new to R, or rpy2. Hints for porting existing code to a newer version of rpy2 are also given. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 getting-started porting-to-rpy2 The high-level interface in rpy2 is designed to facilitate the use of R by Python programmers. R objects are exposed as instances of Python-implemented classes, with R functions as bound methods to those objects in a number of cases. This section also contains an introduction to graphics with R: *trellis* (*lattice*) plots as well as the grammar of graphics implemented in *ggplot2* let one make complex and informative plots with little code written, while the underlying *grid* graphics allow all possible customization is outlined. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 high-level R is often used in a read-eval-print loop (REPL), where interactivity is important. Utilities are available in :mod:`rpy2.interactive`. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 interactive Users of the Python signature numerical package :mod:`numpy` can continue using the data structures they are familiar with, and share objects seamlessly with R. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 numpy A lower-level interface, closer to R's C-level API, is available. It can be used when performance optimization is needed, or when extensions to the high-level interface are developped. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rinterface rinterface-memorymanagement Finally, the documentation covers the subpackage with R-like Python classes and functions, callback functions, as well as compatibility with rpy-1.x. and benchmarks. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rlike miscellaneous The list of changes across versions can be helpful when upgrading to a newer version of rpy2. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 appendix