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 is designed to do this:

https://jmp75.github.io/rdotnet/

older versions can be found here:

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