[R] Redirecting output to the screen

[Prof Brian Ripley]

This is much easier in R-devel: just use message() and scan("stdin").

gannet% cat Test.R
message("Enter file name: ", appendLF=FALSE)
fn <- scan("stdin", what="", n=1)

works for me in R-devel via  R --vanilla -f Test.R > Rout.txt
I believe it also works under Windows.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, John Schuenemeyer wrote:

> A simple example follows.  The file is called Test.R
> # Example
> rm(list=is(all=TRUE))
> cat("Enter file name")
> fn<-scan(what="")
>
> I execute the following:
> @C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.4.1\bin\Rterm.exe --no-restore --no-save < Test.R > Rout.txt
>
> I do not see the "Enter file name" or have the opportunity to enter the file name.  I am running R in windows XP.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> John H Schuenemeyer
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