Hi,

I would like to view matrices I am working with in a clean, easy to read,
separate window.

A friend showed me how to do something like I want  with edit(). I can view
the matrix in the 'R Data Editor':

For a sample matrix:

> mat=matrix(1:15,ncol=3)
> mat
     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    6   11
[2,]    2    7   12
[3,]    3    8   13
[4,]    4    9   14
[5,]    5   10   15


> look=function(x) invisible(edit(x))
> look(mat)

That opens the 'R Data Editor' with mat loaded.


But I am not able to do any other actions in R while this 'R Data Editor' is
open. I want to keep this open while
I do other work.

Is there a way to view my data in something like the 'R Data Editor' that
still allows me to do work at the same time?
I am looking for something other than  str(), head(), and tail() which just
allow me a quick peak at the object. I do not
want to edit the object in the table, but be able to watch the object change
while I run anything that would manipulate it.

Thank you for your help.

Best,
Rachel Schwartz
Graduate Student Researcher
UCSD; Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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