Seems to work fine with RTERM under my Windows: > ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") Are you a satisfied R user? yes > ANSWER [1] "yes" >
> sessionInfo() R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) i386-pc-mingw32 On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Farrel Buchinsky <fjb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just discovered readline to provide user input. It is working as one > would expect in Rgui but not in Rterm. In Rterm it reads the entire > line of code not just the user input. How do I fix and what is the > issue that I should read about? > > > Here is my two line script: > ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > ANSWER > So under RGUI one gets the following >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > Are you a satisfied R user? yes >> ANSWER > [1] "yes" > > Under RTERM one gets >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ")yes > Are you a satisfied R user? >> ANSWER > [1] "ANSWER <- readline(prompt=\"Are you a satisfied R user? \")yes" > > So I tried to hit enter after I saw the line in the terminal and this > is what I got: > >> ANSWER <- readline(prompt="Are you a satisfied R user? ") > Are you a satisfied R user? >> ANSWER > [1] "ANSWER <- readline(prompt=\"Are you a satisfied R user? \")" > > My R environment: Windows XP with service pack 3; R 2.8.1, tinn-R 2.2.0.2 > > > Farrel Buchinsky > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.