[R] txtProgressBar examples?

[Greg Snow]

When using the windows gui I prefer the winProgressBar to the txtProgressBar.  It works basically the same, but does not put any characters into the terminal.  (there is also tkProgressBar that works on all platforms, but requires the tcltk package).

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Mario Valle
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:48 AM
> To: mailman, r-help
> Subject: Re: [R] txtProgressBar examples?
> 
> Nice reference!
> 
> I'm on  Win 7 32 bits 2.12.0
> and the first example fills the R console with ideograms and strange
> characters just by doing:
> pb <- txtProgressBar(min = 0, max = 20, style = 3)
> Bug or feature?
> 
> BTW the rest of the example works, as the whole example works on Linux.
> Ciao!
>                      mario
> 
> 
> On 15-Feb-11 13:41, Laurent Gatto wrote:
> > 'R: Monitoring the function progress with a progress bar' [1] might b
> helpful.
> >
> > Laurent
> >
> > [1] http://ryouready.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/r-monitor-function-
> progress-with-a-progress-bar/
> >
> >
> > On 14 February 2011 18:32, Scott Chamberlain<myrmecocystus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Dear R users,
> >>
> >>
> >> I am curious if someone could direct me towards websites/tutorials
> for uses of progress bars (especially) in R. I can't seem to figure
> them out.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks very much, Scott
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