[R] continuation lines in R script files

[Joris De Wolf]

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Evan Cooch wrote:
> When I have to enter a very large matrix into the R console, I can make 
> use of the continuation feature in the console to enter the matrix in 
> pieces (e.g.,  on a row by row basis). So, for example, the console 
> would show the "+" sign for continuation lines - something like what 
> I've written below:
> 
> a=matrix(c(0,20,50,
> +  0.05,0,0,
> + 0,0.1,0),
> + 3,3,byrow=T)
> 
> (obviously, for a matrix this small - 3x3 - I could enter it all on a 
> single line, this is just to demonstrate)
> 
> My question is - how do you accomplish the same thing in an R script 
> file? I've tried literally copying the preceding - syntax error at the 
> second line. I've also tried
> 
> 
> a=matrix(c(0,20,50,
> 0.05,0,0,
> 0,0.1,0),
> 3,3,byrow=T)
> 
> Again, syntax error, at the second line...
> 
> After multiple searches for 'continuation line', with no luck 
> (everything I found refers to the R console, no a script file), I'll ask 
> here. Basically, I want to know how to get an R script to handle a 
> structure entered over multiple lines (e.g., a matrix). This is default 
> behaviour in .m files in Matlab, and most other environments I've ever 
> worked in (e.g., SAS looks for the ; to indicate end of a line).
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
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