RSiteSearch("debug") or RSiteSearch("debugging") will give you a lot or relevant information. I personally use library(debug) extensivelly and it should do all the taks you asked about. There is a nice article describing the debug lilbrary in the 2003/3 issue of R News http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2003-3.pdf
Cheers Francisco >From: Larry Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch >Subject: Re: [R] R debugging options >Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:29:47 -0400 > >On Monday April 17 2006 19:45, Larry Howe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > What options are available for me to debug my R scripts? For example I > > normally do something like > > > > >source("myfunctions.R") > > >function1("height", "weight") > > > > myfunctions.R is a large R source file that contains many functions. > > function1 is the "main" function in myfunctions.R. It calls many other > > user-written functions that are also in myfunctions.R. > > > > I only want to debug the R scripts. I do not need to get into the code >of R > > itself. I would like to be able to: > > > > - see the source as I am debugging > > - execute line-by-line > > - see and modify variables > > - have the option to either descend into function calls, or not > > - have the option to either descend into loops, or not > > > > Maybe this is asking too much but I thought I would lay out my dreams >and > > then you can tell me what is really possible. > >Forgot to mention: I am working in linux and solaris. Other people here are >working in windows. So I am interested in options for either platform. > >______________________________________________ >R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html