[R] a knitr question

[Ista Zahn]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking that for teaching, it may be helpful for them to see the
> whole thing.

Hopefully you're teaching them to write their code in a script, in
which case the prompt will not be helpful.

Best,
Ista
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Yihui Xie <xie at yihui.name> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, it is just my personal opinion. Some users like it, and some do not.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Yihui
>> --
>> Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com>
>> Web: http://yihui.name
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Peter Alspach
>> <Peter.Alspach at plantandfood.co.nz> wrote:
>> > Kia ora Erin
>> >
>> > But beware - to quote from Yihui 2013 introduction to knitr
>> >
>> > "It is easy to revert to the output with prompts (set option
>> prompt=TRUE), and you will quickly realize the inconvenience to the readers
>> if they want to copy and run the code ..."
>> >
>> > Peter Alspach
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
>> On Behalf Of Erin Hodgess
>> > Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2014 10:28 a.m.
>> > To: r-help at r-project.org
>> > Subject: Re: [R] a knitr question
>> >
>> > Sorry:  just solved it.
>> >
>> > You simply include "prompt=TRUE" in the <<>> section
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Erin
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello!
>> >>
>> >> When constructing code using knitr, is there a way to get the ">"
>> >> prompt to appear, please?
>> >>
>> >> Everything else works great!!
>> >>
>> >> Thank you!
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >> Erin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Erin Hodgess
>> >> Associate Professor
>> >> Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston -
>> >> Downtown
>> >> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Erin Hodgess
>> > Associate Professor
>> > Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston -
>> Downtown
>> > mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>>
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>
> --
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Mathematical and Statistics
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
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