[R] interactive prompts

[Ko-Kang Kevin Wang]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Ernie Adorio wrote:

> Am using R on a Linux box and am currently writing an interactive R script.
> 
> 1. How do I ask a user to press any key to continue ? I used a system call to 
> read but this only works if the Enter key is pressed:
>   print("Press any key to continue")
>   system("read")

  par(ask = TRUE)
will do what you want.

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Cheers,

Kevin

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