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 ______________________________________________ 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.