My preference when teaching is to have the code and results look the same as it appears in the R console window, so with the prompts and without the output commented. But then I also `purl` my knitr file to create a script file to give to the students that they can copy and paste from easily.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I was thinking that for teaching, it may be helpful for them to see the >> whole thing. > > Hopefully you're teaching them to write their code in a script, in > which case the prompt will not be helpful. > > Best, > Ista >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Yihui Xie <x...@yihui.name> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, it is just my personal opinion. Some users like it, and some do not. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Yihui >>> -- >>> Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> >>> Web: http://yihui.name >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Peter Alspach >>> <peter.alsp...@plantandfood.co.nz> wrote: >>> > Kia ora Erin >>> > >>> > But beware - to quote from Yihui 2013 introduction to knitr >>> > >>> > "It is easy to revert to the output with prompts (set option >>> prompt=TRUE), and you will quickly realize the inconvenience to the readers >>> if they want to copy and run the code ..." >>> > >>> > Peter Alspach >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] >>> On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess >>> > Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2014 10:28 a.m. >>> > To: r-help@r-project.org >>> > Subject: Re: [R] a knitr question >>> > >>> > Sorry: just solved it. >>> > >>> > You simply include "prompt=TRUE" in the <<>> section >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Erin >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hello! >>> >> >>> >> When constructing code using knitr, is there a way to get the ">" >>> >> prompt to appear, please? >>> >> >>> >> Everything else works great!! >>> >> >>> >> Thank you! >>> >> >>> >> Sincerely, >>> >> Erin >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Erin Hodgess >>> >> Associate Professor >>> >> Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston - >>> >> Downtown >>> >> mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Erin Hodgess >>> > Associate Professor >>> > Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston - >>> Downtown >>> > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Erin Hodgess >> Associate Professor >> Department of Mathematical and Statistics >> University of Houston - Downtown >> mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com >> >> [[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. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. 538...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ 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.