uci_engine: Create an engine handler in R

In bigchess: Read, Write, Manipulate, Explore Chess PGN Files and R API to UCI Chess Engines

Description

Create an engine handler in R and send command isready

Usage

uci_engine(path)

Arguments

path	path to engine file. Make sure you have executable permission on this file.

Value

engine object (list of two: pipe to engine and temp as a result from stdout engine)

Examples

# Linux (make sure you have executable permission):
engine_path <- "./stockfish_10_x64"
# Windows
# engine_path <- "./stockfish_10_x64.exe"
e <- uci_engine(engine_path)
uci_quit(e)

# Using pipe '%>%' from magrittr:
require(magrittr)
uci_engine(engine_path) %>% uci_quit()

bigchess documentation built on Aug. 5, 2020, 5:09 p.m.