It’s going to get annoying running Python code line by line like this, though, if you have more than a couple of lines of code. So there are a few other ways to run Python in R and reticulate.

That’s how to run a Python script in terminal or CMD. It’s a very straightforward process, but it’s extremely handy if you ever want to quickly carry out a bespoke task.

Python code is enclosed in the script tag with a type="py" attribute. Note that the code should be formatted according to Python’s conventions for indentation, or it won’t run properly.