On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I looked in the language definition and was surprised. Is there
> really no multi-line/block comment defined in R?
>
> I wanted to comment out 20 lines that I'm moving to a function but
> didn't want to delete them. Is there no defined way to get around
> using a # on each of the 20 lines?
Hmmm I think this might be a FAQ... Usual suggestions are:
1. use an editor that can do un/commenting of regions.
2. Stick it in an if(FALSE){ ... } block, but that's only good if
it's syntactically correct.
I prefer:
3. Manage your code under a decent SCM and don't fear the delete.
Barry
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