Re: [R] Odp: Pausing script to allow user input from keyboard.

Hi you are right. From ?scan default value for imput value is double, so you need to specify that it shall be character. I just showed possible solution not a solution which can be used in all imaginable cases. Regards Petr r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 07.08.2010 05:20:56: I'm

[R] Odp: Pausing script to allow user input from keyboard.

Hi Some time ago somebody advised me to use cat(\n,Enter filename,\n) # prompt x=scan(n=1) # read 1 line from console than use x in further code Regards Petr r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 06.08.2010 15:52:17: Hi all, I have written a simple R script to help me analyze a large

Re: [R] Odp: Pausing script to allow user input from keyboard.

I'm having problems with your method Petr. I seem to get an additional prompt. Example... f - function() { cat(\n, Enter a string:, \n) s - scan(n=1) cat(\n, You entered, s, \n) } Running f() produces... Enter a string: 1: blah 1: Error in scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec, quote, skip,