[R] R execution

[David Winsemius]

On Aug 13, 2010, at 6:57 PM, chantalm wrote:

>
> So I have a for loop
>
> for (i in 1 : 5) {
> print(i)
> }
>
> and I want it to print 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 sequentially for each loop  
> iteration.
> Instead, it waits for the whole loop to finish and then prints. It's  
> strange
> because my R console seems to have two modes of execution. One where  
> it will
> iterate for each loop and print the message (and where I can easily  
> abort an
> R program with the escape key), and another mode where it doesn't  
> print for
> each loop iteration/just keeps executing even if I press escape key.  
> I can't
> figure out how to enable the first way of execution! Can someone  
> shed some
> light on this matter?

This depends (if I remember correctly) on OS specifics which you have  
not provided. Aren't they teaching you to read the manuals (aka  
Posting Guide) at U-dub these days?

(perhaps search on :

??"flush console"  # ( again, IIRC)

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David Winsemius, MD (UW '87)
West Hartford, CT