Not on a machine with latest R at moment so not ruling out something there, but it is working fine for me. Karl
R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19041) ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 10:21:58 +1300 From: Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> To: Jeremie Juste <jeremieju...@gmail.com> Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] readline in function call with space in prompt. Message-ID: <20210209102158.5b04117d@rolf-Latitude-E7470> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" On Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:28:33 +0100 Jeremie Juste <jeremieju...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have noticed a behavior that I don't understand. When I call the > following function from the prompt. > test <- function(){ > a <- readline("selection: ") > a > } > > > test() > > selection: | > I can only type one character and the readline function exits before > I can press enter. > > however > > test1 <- function(){ > a <- readline("selection:") > a > } > > test1() > > selection:| > works as expected. > > selection: abc[Ret] > > However calling directly readline with a space in the prompt does > what I would expect. > > > a <- readline("selection: ") > > selection: abc[Ret] > > a > > "abc" > > It is the expected behavior or am I missing something? Works fine for me, with or without the space in the prompt string. There *must* be something flaky in your system, but I'm damned if I can come up with any useful suggestions for tracking down just where that flakiness lies. Sorry. Perhaps try re-installing R??? cheers, Rolf Turner -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.