There is no 'GO TO'. Try wrapping your code in a while(TRUE){...} loop. while(TRUE) { ... do something ... Sys.sleep(time) } Or you could have it read from a named pipe which some other process feeds. while(length(readLines(n=1, "someNamedPipe"))==1) { ... do something ... }
Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf > Of Peter Maclean > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:58 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] GO TO function in R > > Does R has a GO TO function? For example, I want to run this script at a > given interval > and save the results. > > #Step one > a <- Sys.time() > b <- paste("Figure_", a, sep = " ") > shape <- as.numeric(a)/100000000 > scale <- as.numeric(a)/10000000000 > #I want to save the file using "b" object (above) as a file name > #However it is saved as b.pdf > pdf("f:/b.pdf") #How to save the file using "b" above? > par(mfrow=c(2,1)) > x <- sort(rgamma(100, shape=shape, scale = scale)) > y <- dgamma(x, shape=shape, scale = scale) > par(mfrow=c(2,1)) > plot(x, y, type="l",col="red", lwd=5) > > #Step 2 > Sys.sleep(2) # For Quick results in the model it isĀ one hour > shape <- (as.numeric(Sys.time()))/100000000 > scale <- (as.numeric(Sys.time()))/10000000000 > x <- sort(rgamma(100, shape=shape, scale = scale)) > y <- dgamma(x, shape=shape, scale = scale) > plot(x, y, type="b",col=" dark red", lwd=5) > dev.off() > #Step 3 > Sys.sleep(2) Again in the model it is one hour > #I Want to go back to step 1 to start over again > > > Sincerely, > > Peter Maclean > Department of Economics > UDSM > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.