[R-SIG-Mac] error executing code from ISwR

[Peter Dalgaard]

Hum, yes, that looks like a bug in the Mac GUI app. Doesn't happen if you run R from a terminal. I'm taking the liberty of forwarding to the R-sig-mac list.

A workaround is of course to start with a non-empty data frame, say: 

dd <- data.frame(a=1)
fix(dd)

but I'm not at all sure I understand how it is supposed to work for data entry at all.... (as you may have gathered, this is not something that gets much use in practice.)

-pd


On Aug 11, 2012, at 17:44 , Naresh Gurbuxani wrote:

> Peter,
> 
> I am learning R by reading your book ISwR.  The following commands on page 52 cause R to hang and never come back. 
> 
> dd <- data.frame()
> fix(dd)
> 
> My computer: Mac
> Operating system: Lion (10.7.4)
> R version: 2.13.1
> 
> I like your book very much and plan to read all chapters.  
> 
> Thanks,
> Naresh
> 
> 

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