commentOut <- function(expr) { invisible() }
and then
commentOut({ a <- 10 bladfkljasdlkfj() blah blah blah })
Lazy evaluation prevents the expression from being evaluated so you don't have to worry about syntatic correctness. And it nests too (I believe).
Belated US$0.02.
-roger
A.J. Rossini wrote:
Greetings from Switzerland!
Are there any plans/initiatives/considerations in future versions of R for commenting out regions via something like " /* */ "?
(I've got an application for which something like that would be useful; if not, there are less simple solutions).
best, -tony
"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).
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