It would be even easier if you read the R for Windows FAQ, Q6.3 in particular.
Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: rob foxall (IFR) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:17 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [R] cat in windows vs linux > > > Hi all, > Easy question for you (which I failed to find the > answer to in the FAQ etc). I've recently been forced to > switch from linux to windows (currently windows NT), and my > usual habit of putting lots of "cat" statements in slow > functions to get an idea of the progress rate is no longer > useful. Why -- because R waits until the function is > completely finished before printing the cat statements all at > once to the screen. Don't know if this is an R thing or a > windows thing, but if there is a way to get cat statements > printed to the screen as soon as the function calls it, I'd > like to hear it! Using R version 1.6.2. > > Cheers, > Rob. > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
