unexpected input in "%load_ext rpy2.ipython" in R - ipython

Question

I am new to R and trying to execute the code in this site but unfortunately, I am experiencing this error "Error: unexpected input in "%load_ext rpy2.ipython"" when entering "%load_ext rpy2.ipython" in the R console and I tried searching google for answers but no luck.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

rpy2.ipython is an extension for ipython, and Jupyter, when you use the IPython kernel. Not for R. What you linked to is using IPython and calling into R from IPython, not calling in Python from within R. Not sure why they do that in what you linked, from a quick read they should use a R kernel, which would work without saying %%R each time.

So you should be able to reproduce what's there by not loading the rpy2 magic, skipping the %%R prefixes.

If you want to reproduce exactly you will need to install IPython/jupyter and run the code from the Python console.