[R] Finding out the number of times a loop has run

[Peter Dalgaard]

Kevin Wang <Kevin.Wang at maths.anu.edu.au> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Suppose I have:
>   for(i in 1:100000)
>      rnorm(100000)
> (just a fake example, as my actual example is too long)
> 
> Is it possible to get the loop to print out i each time it has run?
> Something like:
>   for(i in 1:100000) {
>      print(i)
>      rnorm(100000)
>   }
> will only print i after the loop is completed.  But if I want to print out
> i whenever it re-enters the loop, is it possible (so I know how many times
> the loop has been run)?

Kevin, you must have seen this on the list before! Either use
flush.console() or turn off the output buffering (Windows FAQ 6.3).

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