I made a python script to parse ">" and "+" marks, if someone is interested:
#------------- start ------------------ #!/Python26/ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import sys def main(argv): if len(argv) < 2: sys.stderr.write("Usage: %s <file.txt>" % (argv[0],)) return 1 f = open(sys.argv[1]) lines = f.readlines() f.close() for line in lines: line = line.strip() if not (line[:1] == ">" or line[:1] == "+"): continue print line[2:] if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main(sys.argv)) #------------- end ------------------ And to use it: ~ > python strip_r-help.py code_from_r-help.txt TP <- function(x){ L <- length(x) which( ((x[1:(L-2)]<x[2:(N-1)])&(x[2:(L-1)]>x[3:L])) |((x[1:(L-2)]>x[2:(N-1)])&(x[2:(L-1)]<x[3:L])) ) + 1 } y<-c(93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93, 93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93) m<-c(02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02, 02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02,02) d<-c(07,08,09,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17, 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28) ix <- TP(count) rbind(d[ix],count[ix]) ~ > This is not a good solutions, but works especially when there is lots of code to parse. -Johannes 2009/9/19 baptiste auguie <baptiste.aug...@googlemail.com>: > Neat! > > What if, instead, one wanted to format his/her code in the console > before sending it by email? Any tips for that? > > (I proposed something like options("prompt"=" ") above, but got stuck > with adding a comment # to printed results) > > Thanks, > > baptiste > > > > > 2009/9/19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com>: >> Combining the code posted by myself, Duncan and David we have: >> >> # Usage: copy code from r-help to clipboard, then in R enter this: >> # source.commands() >> # >> source.commands <- function(echo = TRUE, max.deparse.length = Inf, ...) { >> # L <- readLines(pipe("pbpaste")) # use this instead for Mac >> L <- readLines("clipboard") >> L <- grep("^[[:blank:]]*[^>+[:blank:]]*[>+]", L, value = TRUE) >> L <- sub("^[[:blank:]]*[^>+[:blank:]]*[>+] ?", "", L) >> source(textConnection(L), echo = echo, >> max.deparse.length = max.deparse.length, ...) >> } >> >> It might be possible to automate the check for Mac using .Platform$GUI >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:08 PM, David Winsemius >> <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2009, at 11:58 AM, johannes rara wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the responses. >>>> >>>> I think that the best way to avoid lots of hassle is that people >>>> copy-paste their solutions from their code editor, NOT from R console. >>>> For example, I usually save those solutions for my code archive, and >>>> if I want to run these later on (using Tinn-R), I have to parse ">" >>>> and "+" marks anyway. >>> >>> I agree entirely but trying to change posting behavior appears to be a >>> difficult exercise. It would also be much preferred if people would learn to >>> post the output of dput on an object, rather than what is displayed on the >>> console when the object is print()ed. >>> >>> -- >>> David. >>>> >>>> -Johannes >>>> >>>> 2009/9/19 David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>: >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 19, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>> snip >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's a quick version of CleanTranscript, translated to R: >>>>>> >>>>>> CleanTranscript <- function(lines) { >>>>>> lines <- grep("^[[:blank:]]*[^>+[:blank:]]*[>+]", lines, value = TRUE) >>>>>> lines <- sub("^[[:blank:]]*[^>+[:blank:]]*[>+] ?", "", lines) >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> So on systems where "clipboard" is supported, executing >>>>>> >>>>>> source(textConnection(CleanTranscript(readLines("clipboard"))), >>>>>> echo = TRUE, max.deparse.length=Inf) >>>>>> >>>>>> will do something similar to what the Windows "Paste commands only" menu >>>>>> option does, but you'd need a different incantation on other systems. >>>>>> And >>>>>> even this will sometimes mess up, e.g. it will sometimes misinterpret >>>>>> output >>>>>> that contains > or + as input. >>>>>> >>>>>> Duncan Murdoch >>>>> >>>>> On Macs (and possibly other *NIXen) the equivalent to reading from the >>>>> "clipboard" is: pipe("pbpaste") >>>>> >>>>> Testing shows that a simple modification after defining CleanTranscript >>>>> produces no error on the example above: >>>>> >>>>>> source(textConnection(CleanTranscript(readLines(pipe("pbpaste")))), >>>>> >>>>> + echo = TRUE, max.deparse.length=Inf) >>>>> >>>>>> example(mean) >>> >>>> >>> snip >>> ---- >>> David Winsemius, MD >>> Heritage Laboratories >>> West Hartford, CT >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.