Indeed. I can also get it to work if I type directly in Rterm. But not when running from Tinn-R. If this is a Tinn-R problem (relating to however command lines get from Tinn-R to the Rterm) then perhaps I should post it in the Tinn-R problem. Farrel Buchinsky
Sent from: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 13:08, jim holtman <jholt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems to work fine with RTERM under my Windows: > > > ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > Are you a satisfied R user? yes > > ANSWER > [1] "yes" > > > > > sessionInfo() > R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) > i386-pc-mingw32 > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Farrel Buchinsky <fjb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just discovered readline to provide user input. It is working as one > > would expect in Rgui but not in Rterm. In Rterm it reads the entire > > line of code not just the user input. How do I fix and what is the > > issue that I should read about? > > > > > > Here is my two line script: > > ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > > ANSWER > > So under RGUI one gets the following > >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > > Are you a satisfied R user? yes > >> ANSWER > > [1] "yes" > > > > Under RTERM one gets > >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ")yes > > Are you a satisfied R user? > >> ANSWER > > [1] "ANSWER <- readline(prompt=\"Are you a satisfied R user? \")yes" > > > > So I tried to hit enter after I saw the line in the terminal and this > > is what I got: > > > >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > > Are you a satisfied R user? > >> ANSWER > > [1] "ANSWER <- readline(prompt=\"Are you a satisfied R user? \")" > > > > My R environment: Windows XP with service pack 3; R 2.8.1, tinn-R 2.2.0.2 > > > > > > Farrel Buchinsky > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Jim Holtman > Cincinnati, OH > +1 513 646 9390 > > What is the problem that you are trying to solve? > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
