[R] (no subject)

Peter Dalgaard BSA p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Wed Jun 4 00:08:38 CEST 2003


"Gilda Garibotti" <gilda.garibotti at hci.utah.edu> writes:

> Hi,
> I would like to know if it is possible to get printed output while a loop is taking place.
> Example:
> for(i in 1:10){
>  print(i)
>  some long process
> }
> 
> This will print the values of i only after the loop is finished, what I would like is to 
> see them when the process enters the i-th iteration to keep track of how the 
> program is running.

Windows, right? (This is system dependent) There's a menu item
entitled "Buffer output" or something to that effect. Turn it off and
print() calls display immediately. Lengthy output becomes slower,
though. 

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