_notebooks/2021-03-02-Convert Rmd files to Jupyter Notebook.ipynb

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    "# Convert RMarkdown files to Jupyter Notebook\n",
    "> Convert your work from RStudio to generate blog posts\n",
    "\n",
    "- toc: true\n",
    "- branch: master\n",
    "- badges: true\n",
    "- comments: true\n",
    "- author: Francesco Gastaldello\n",
    "- categories: [first steps, R, jupyter]"
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    "Many of the people at CorrelAid come from a R background. Even you (the reader) could be more familiar to the R world than to the Python one.<br>\n",
    "To help you all to easily display your work on the Correlaid blog, here we will introduce a couple of methods to convert R Mardown files into Jupyter Notebook ones.\n",
    "\n",
    "These are:\n",
    "\n",
    "*  [Jupytext](https://jupytext.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html): a Python package that provides two-way conversion between Jupyter Notebooks and several other text-based formats like Markdown documents or scripts.\n",
    "*  [Notedown](https://pypi.org/project/notedown/): a simple tool to create IPython notebooks from markdown (and r-markdown)."
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    "## Working with Jupytext\n",
    "\n",
    "### Installation\n",
    "\n",
    "To install `Jupytext`, open a terminal (Unix) or a command line window (Windows) and run:\n",
    "```\n",
    "pip install jupytext --upgrade\n",
    "```\n",
    "\n",
    "If you use `conda` instead, run:\n",
    "```\n",
    "conda install jupytext -c conda-forge\n",
    "```\n",
    "\n",
    "### Convert a R Markdown file\n",
    "\n",
    "Once the package is installed, using the same Python distro that is used for your Jupyter Notebook/JupyerLab, you can convert a R Markdown file by following these steps:\n",
    "\n",
    "1.  Open a terminal (Unix) or a command line window (Windows).\n",
    "2.  Navigate to your `script.Rmd` file location.\n",
    "3.  Run `jupytext --to notebook script.Rmd` to have a `script.ipynb` file.\n",
    "4.  Make sure that the conversion is correct by opening the newly created notebook via Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab.\n",
    "5.  Share your content on the CorrelAid blog!\n",
    "\n",
    "Please refer to the [project page](https://jupytext.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html) for further references."
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    "## Working with notedown\n",
    "\n",
    "### Installation\n",
    "\n",
    "To install `notedown`, open a terminal (Unix) or  a command window (Windows) and run:\n",
    "```\n",
    "pip install notedown\n",
    "```\n",
    "\n",
    "### Convert a R Markdown file\n",
    "\n",
    "Once the package is installed, make sure that you have `knitr` instaled as well with your `R` instance.<br>\n",
    "In a terminal (Unix) or command window (Windows) run:\n",
    "```\n",
    "notedown script.Rmd --knit > script.ipynb\n",
    "```\n",
    "\n",
    "Before sharing your content, make sure that the conversion is correct by opening the newly created notebook via Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab.\n",
    "\n",
    "Please refer tot he [project page](https://pypi.org/project/notedown/) for further references."
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