Including code from script files

- [Instructor] It's often useful when writing … our markdown reports to source scripts … instead of embedding all of your code … directly into the the .Rmd file. … So if we think about a folder containing our R studio … project, we'd have an R script which contains … some parts of the code and a .Rmd file … that runs the script via the function source. … This means that you write your code … in a .R script file and then in your .Rmd file, … the code is run with the function source. … Before going through the steps of sourcing scripts, … let's think about some of the reasons … why we might want to source code. … There are two primary reasons for sourcing scripts: … one is functional and the other is aesthetic. … Sourcing scripts prevents code duplication, … which helps to reduce errors and ensure … you know what code is being run and when. … Sourcing scripts also improves the general readability … of your .Rmd files when you're writing them. … It's extremely useful when you're writing …