[R] Getting scan() -command to work during the program run

[Bert Gunter]

??

> f <- function() {X <- scan(n =1); X}
> f()
1: 3
Read 1 item



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Bert Gunter

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On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 12:37 AM, Atte Tenkanen <attenka at utu.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How to get scan(file="") command to ask my input from the keyboard?
>
> If I put the command straight to the console it works
>
>> X1 <- scan(n=1)
> 1: 22
> Read 1 item
>
> but as a part of a program it just continues without asking my value?
>
>> X1 <- scan(n=1)
> 1:
> Read 0 items
>
> Yours,
>
> Atte Tenkanen
>
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