It has all to do with a string going over two lines and hence the line terminator is part of the string. If you close the string on the first line then the command is just fine.
At least the newer version of the parser allows for embedded newline characters. --Mike On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:58:57 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here is a curious observation. In > > > version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 2 > minor 0.0 > year 2004 > month 10 > day 04 > language R > > > > Try the following: > > > Plot(c(1:100), type = "l > + ") > Warning message: > plot type 'l > ' truncated to first character in: plot.xy(xy, type, pch, lty, col, bg, > cex, lwd, ...) > > > > Where as in > > version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 9.1 > year 2004 > month 06 > day 21 > language R > > > > plot(c(1:10), type = "l > Error: syntax error > > > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Mike Meyer, Seattle WA ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html