We can't really diagnose the problem without a repeatable example (that is, what's in your R file?).
But my suspicion is that you've called sink(filename) more than once. Simply type sink() at the command prompt until you get the warning: In sink() : no sink to remove And then all should be well. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Dan Baron <danben...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oftentimes I want to make outputs to be displayed on the R console. > However, after I execute a program with a sink command in it the R console > becomes unresponsive. Meaning that the following occurs in R console: > >> source("Program_containing_sink.R") >> a<-1 >> a >> >>sink() >>a >> > > R help says that sink() will bring output back to the console but i's not > happening. Restarting R fixes the problem. This has been driving me nuts > and I'm sure there's an easy answer but after a week I'm still not sure. R > 2.15.1 GUI 1.52 is what's being used. > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.