[R] raw input prompt

J Toll jctoll at gmail.com
Sat Jun 2 20:29:47 CEST 2012


On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:01 PM, meatloafthefrog
<meatloafthefrog at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want a prompt that asks the user for the file name of the table,
> the response to which will be the name of the table in R.
>
> So I did something like:
>
> file_name = function()                                         #This
> function, when called up, prompts the user to enter the file name.
> {
> readline("Enter name of csv file: ")
> }
> filename = file_name()

For what you're trying to do, consider simplifying to:

filename <- readline(file.choose())

HTH

James



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