Another great tool is debugonce()
wrap your function name in it and then execute your function call.
debugonce(my.function)
out<-my.function(df)
And you'll be brought into the same interactive browser. (its Vi if im not
mistaken which can take a little getting used to.)
Justin
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Eran Eidinger <e...@taykey.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am not sure if this is the right list to ask this question (though I
> did
> > not find a more appropriate one).
> > I've started using R a month ago, and small scripts work fine. However,
> when
> > I start writing more complex code, it gets messy.
> >
> > 1. Is there any way to debug "normally", with breakpoints?
> >
>
> > fortune('browser')
>
> My solution when I run into mysteries like this is to put 'browser()' in
> the
> function just before or after the line of interest. The magnitude and
> direction
> of my stupidity usually become clear quickly.
> -- Patrick Burns
> R-help (February 2006)
>
>
> Use browser() to inspect the environment and execute the code one step
> at a time.
> Liviu
>
>
> >2. I am using the Eclipse plugin (StatET), and tried JGR(). Is there an
> IDE
> > that enables breakpoints?
> > 3. Is there an equivalent to "include" in other programming languages? So
> > many functions in one file are very messy. I would like to break it to
> > several files.
> > 4. Any way to create a "local" context of variables inside a function?
> > Otherwise I have to be careful to give different names inside functions,
> to
> > those in the workspace.
> >
> > I should point that I am a long time Matlab user and am probably
> expecting
> > some things that don't necessarily exist in R...
> >
> > I know it's a lot, if there is a more appropriate forum to ask these,
> please
> > point me in that direction.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eran.
> >
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