[R] User input from keyboard

[Prof Brian Ripley]

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" <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.

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