[R] 'Rscript -e' and stdout() puzzle

[Benjamin Tyner]

Thanks Bill! Next time, I'll try literacy.

William Dunlap wrote:
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>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Tyner
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:31 PM
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] 'Rscript -e' and stdout() puzzle
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am curious to know why the output of
>>
>>     Rscript -e "cat(R.version.string,stdout())"
>>
>> includes a trailing " 1", whereas
>>
>>     Rscript -e "cat(R.version.string)"
>>     
>
> Use file=stdout().  Otherwise it prints the value of
> as.character(stdout()), which is 1.
>
> Bill Dunlap
> Spotfire, TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com  
>
>   
>> does not. I have tried various mechanisms to subvert this 
>> behavior, such as
>>
>>     Rscript -e "invisible(con<-stdout()); cat(R.version.string, con);
>>     rm(con); q()"
>>
>> but the trailing " 1" remains.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>>