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 ha

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, q