On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Petr Pikal wrote:
> Hi
>
> cat("\n","Enter x","\n") # prompt
> y<-scan(n=1)
>
> prompts for user imput and scans 1 line from console.
(that scans one number: use readLines(n=1) to get a string).
But readline() is probably easier.
>
> HTH
> Petr
>
>
>
> On 4 Aug 2006 at 17:06, chiya sharma wrote:
>
> Date sent: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 17:06:38 +0530
> From: "chiya sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] User input from keyboard
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Can anybody tell me the syntax for "User input from keyboard" in R. I
> > mean
> > to say that if I run the program it should ask "Please enter the date"
> > at the begining of the program. I am using R-2.2.1 for windows.
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