Passing a Python variable to R using rpy2

Question

I have basic R script that performs a GLM on a MySQL dataset. This runs fine using Rscript in bash. However I would like to call it within a python script so I can add it to a l

Answer 1

Use double quotes around the "%s" and single quotes around the robjects.r string:

robjects.r('results = fetch(dbSendQuery(mydb, "%s"))') % (sql_scores)

or use the format() method:

robjects.r('fetch(dbSendQuery(mydb, {0}))'.format(sql_scores))