[R] A statement over multiple lines (i.e. the ... feature in Matlab)

[Robin Hankin]

Hi  Wee-Jin

you can block out bits of R code with

if(FALSE){
  <code not executed>
}

For the line breaking, R deals with incomplete lines by not executing  
the statement
until you finish it.  In the function case, it waits for you to close  
a bracket.


If you type:

myFunc(a=3,
b=5,
c=6,
d=7
)

myFunc() will only execute
when you close the bracket


HTH

rksh


On 5 Oct 2006, at 08:28, Wee-Jin Goh wrote:

> Hello again list,
>
> I thought I'd start a new thread, seeing as it's completely different
> from my previous question. Some functions I have written require many
> parameters, and so do not fit nicely into an 80 column width display.
> This is usually avoided, by spreading that particular statement over
> a few lines. This is something that I do in Matlab with the following:
>
> myFunc( parameter1, ...
> parameter2, ...
> parameter3, ...
> parameter4)
>
> The  ... operator in Matlab allows me to spread a statement over
> several lines. The ... operator in R seems to be more like the ...
> operator in C, which allows for a variable argument list.
>
> How do I accomplish this task in R? It's not a show stopper, but it
> would make reading my code much much easier.
>
> Cheers,
> Wee-Jin
>
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