[R] How to debug R program?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On 12/28/06, Vladimir Eremeev <wl at eimb.ru> wrote:
> > Hi everyone:
>
> Please, refer to the chapter 9 of the "R language definition" ($R_HOME/doc/
> manual/r-lang.pdf)
>
> The simplest way is using print() functions.

Note that on Mac and Windows you may need to use flush.console() as well
if you intend to do this in a loop to be sure that the last print executed is
actually printed prior to the crash.  See ?flush.console

>
> Besides the debugging functions described in the manual, you can use the very
> powerful package debug, developed by Mark Bravington.
>
> >       I wrote a R program which has loops. When I run the program, it
> > crashed. I would like to identify in which loop the pragram crashed, how
> > can I debug ?  I'm new to R, could somebody please give me a general idea
> > about debugging in R.(I'm a C/C++ programmer and have general knowledge
> > about program debugging.)
> >      Thank you!
> >
> > Best,
>
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