[R] User input from keyboard

[Petr Pikal]

Hi

cat("\n","Enter x","\n") # prompt
y<-scan(n=1)

prompts for user imput and scans 1 line from console.

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" <chiya31 at gmail.com>
To:             	r-help at 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.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Chiya
> 
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Petr Pikal
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