Re: [Gretl-devel] --send-data (with 'foreign'): more control needed

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Sven Schreiber wrote: > this is a feature request or alternatively a request for help finding > another solution... > > When doing > "foreign language=xxx --send-data" > I would like to specify a list of series that is being sent, instead of > the whole dataset, e.g. like this: > "foreign language=xxx --send-data=mylist" > where of course 'mylist' must exist. > > This way I could (trivial example ahead) run a regression in R while > controlling from the gretl side the exact variables that I want to use > in there, and _without_ having to know their names within R. Inside R I > would just use the generic 'gretldata' name for all the data that is > passed. The ordering of series/variables inside the list would be > important, however. > > Or can this be achieved already somehow? It can be achieved by passing the data in question in the form of a matrix. The --send-data option won't do that but the User's Guide describes how to pass matrices back and forth. However, I like the idea of adding an optional list parameter to the --send-data option. That would not be difficult.