??? The code below is correct and does exactly what you described - just check the value of ANSWER. R is paused and the user-specified valued is assigned to ANSWER when you call your function, not inside. In your former code ANSWER was a local variable which 'died' when your function finished.
Petr projection83 napsal(a): > I dont know if thats what i want (its not working like i want). I would like > to have R pause, wait for a user input of a number, then store that number > as a variable to use in the next calculation it does... > Or should the below do that? > > > jim holtman wrote: >> what you want is: >> >> defineSamples<- function() >> { >> readline("enter the number of groups: ") >> } >> >> ANSWER <- defineSamples() >> >> >> >> On 4/1/07, projection83 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, this is a very easy question, i just cant seem to find a >>> straight >>> answer- i need this one thing, then i can finish my project for this >>> term. >>> >>> I am making an interactive application with R where I get the user to >>> input >>> numbers that the program then uses in the analysis. I have figured out a >>> lot of stuff, yet this is somehow hard to find the answer to: >>> #-------------------------------------------------- >>> defineSamples<- function() >>> { >>> ANSWER<-numeric() >>> ANSWER<-readline("enter the number of groups: ") >>> } >>> >>> runit() >>> >>> ANSWER # this does not hold the value the user inputs >>> #------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> If I then see what ANSWER is storing it says "numeric(0)", how do I get >>> this >>> to store whatever number the user inputs (and am i going to have to >>> convert >>> from a string to a number??? >>> >>> THANKs for any help! >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Reading-user-input-tf3503016.html#a9783275 >>> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Holtman >> Cincinnati, OH >> +1 513 646 9390 >> >> What is the problem you are trying to solve? >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > -- Petr Klasterecky Dept. of Probability and Statistics Charles University in Prague Czech Republic ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.