Hello list:

I am using R through Geany in Ubuntu.  The way i have Geany configured is that upon invoking the exectute command, Geany does a "R <myscript.R >myscript.out", thus getting all input from the myscript.R file and redirecting all output to the myscript.out file.

This is a problem when I want to read, say a numeric value, from the keyboard, or when i'd like to output something to the console:
num <- scan(stdin(),what=numeric(1),lines=1)
Iin this case R ignores the stdin() connection (which should be a terminal class).

Is there an easy way around this problem, other than reading my data from a file or using the tcltk library?  All i'd like to do is just read values from the terminal/console.

Thanks in advance,
jose romero


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