FriendCash_R-based is a very simple R Project-based program which can be used to settle expenses and outlays within a group of e.g. fiends. There exists several similar softwares but FriendCash_R-based may have some advantages compared to the smartphone applications, such as WeShare, Tricount, FriendCash, among many more:
- It provides an offline version as it is based on Google Sheets.
- It is easy and free to use and install.
- It has MUCH better scalability for large groups (5+ person). Very large group (+50 people) and many outlay (+1000) are easy to command from the Google Sheet.
- Everyone can access the Google Sheet an hereby add outlays and expenses to the report.
- Choose between two payment methods: Minimum number of transactions (not implemented yet) or minimum amount of transferred money (default option).
- Make a copy of this Google Sheet [1] which you can edit to keep track of the expenses. The sheet should be self-explanatory. More people can be added by adding additional columns between column F and I.
- Download and install R Project (Linux, Mac, Windows): https://r-project.en.softonic.com/
- Download and install R Studio (Linux, Mac, Windows): https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/
- Open file "main.R" in R Studio
- First time you run the program, run line 1-4 to install relevant R packages (choose the line and press cmd+ENTER or ctrl+ENTER).
- Set correct working directory in line 14
- Copy the relevant Google Sheet URL into line 15
- Change name of the relevant sheet in line 16
- Run everything by pressing cmd+A and cmd+ENTER (Mac, Linux) and ctrl+A and ctrl+ENTER (Windows)
- Follow the instructions in the Console in R Studio (authotirize gs() to access your Google Sheets)
- The results are printed to the text file "DF_OverviewTable.txt" in the working directory
For questions, comments and suggestions, please contact chrlundg@gmail.com.
20-marts 2017
[1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5JmCRVht2YKNyiKfEH4bG59DbDZug1QKIwB27CucWU/edit?usp=sharing
