Hi:


I have a template preamble file for Sweave; near the bottom, I put in this
commented code some time ago so I would never forget it:

%% ------------------------------------------------------------------
%% IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!
%%  All Sweave tokens MUST begin in column 1 or they will be ignored
%%  by Sweave.
%% ------------------------------------------------------------------

Dennis

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:08 AM, David.Epstein
<David.Epstein@warwick.ac.uk>wrote:

> Sweave is very useful, and I'm gradually getting used to it.
>
> I've just been battling Sweave over the re-use of code chunks. As I am
> pretty ignorant in the byways of both Sweave and R, this took a chunk of
> time to sort out. Here is what I learned:
>
> If one re-uses a code chunk, then Sweave (but not Stangle) will insist that
> <>
> start in column 1. In particular, white space to its left is not allowed.
>
> I can't find any mention of this in the Sweave manual, nor in the Sweave
> FAQ. I'm planning to ask for this to be included in the Sweave FAQ, as it
> has certainly been frequently asked by me today.
>
> David
>
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