[R] error message for every parenthesis

[Michael Dewey]

Dear Tara

1 - why did you install 3.2.1 when 3.2.3 is the latest version
2 - what happens if you delete .RData and .Rapp.history from your workspace?
3 - you do have a function try as it is part of R

On 16/02/2016 02:49, Tara Kerin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I seem to be having the same problem Garrett (below) had in 2009.
> However, I do not have functions named try written in my active code.
> In fact, I don't have any of my own functions written at all yet.  I
> did just install version 3.2.1 today, and the errors started after
> that.  Please advise!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tara Kerin
>
> An example from my GUI is below:
>
> [Workspace restored from /Users/tarakerin/.RData]
> [History restored from /Users/tarakerin/.Rapp.history]
>
> Error in try(gsub("\\s+", " ", paste(capture.output(print(args(library))),  :
>    unused argument (silent = TRUE)
>> library()
>
>
>
> On 7/13/2009 12:35 PM, Garrett Grolemund wrote:
>> * Whenever I type a parenthesis immediately following a word (as if I'm
> *>* entering a function) R displays the following error
> *> >* Error in try(gsub("\\s+", " ", paste(capture.output(print(args(try))),  :
> *>*   unused argument(s) (silent = TRUE)
> *>>* try(
> *> >* The above is pasted from my R console. The error appears above the command
> *>* because it appears immediately upon typing the parenthesis.  It does not
> *>* wait until I try to execute the command.  This happens for every function.
> *>* I can finish typing the function and execute it.  But these error messages
> *>* make it difficult to debug my code.  In particular, if I have options(error
> *>* = recover) set, the above crashes R.
> *> >* I can avoid the error by typing the parentheses first and then moving the
> *>* cursor back to type in the word. This error displays on the console whether
> *>* I'm typing in the console or in an open document window.
> *> >* I'm using the mac GUI for R.  The error only occurs on my Macbook (OS X
> *>* 10.5.7), which I bought a few months ago.  It has occurred  every time I use
> *>* R on this computer.  It has happened with R 2.8 and now R 2.91.
> *> >* Any idea what may be going on?
> *
> Presumably this has something to do with command completion or argument
> hints.  From the "silent = TRUE" error, and your example, I would guess
> you have a function named try(), and the GUI is finding yours instead of
> the one in the base package.
>
> The GUI shouldn't do that, it should look in the right place, but as a
> workaround, you could remove your function named "try", and call it
> something else.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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Michael
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