[R-SIG-Mac] Initial variable name inserted before prompt...

[Peter Stilwell]

I'm getting this, too! 

It makes no difference to the running of software....I'd just like to know 
what it means.

Cheers

On Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:17:15 UTC, gul... at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Good morning, all! 
>
>
> I'm seeing some strange behavior with R's prompt in the R console. 
>
>
> I'm running Mac OS X (10.8.2) on a MacBook Air. 
>
>
> After assigning the first variable, R inserts that variable name multiple 
> times before the prompt (>). It then remains but with a different number of 
> repetitions for subsequent command submissions. I've tried to "reset" the 
> prompt with options(prompt=">") but that doesn't appear to work. (See 
> Below). 
>
>
> Any thoughts? 
>
>
> Many thanks and best regards! 
>
>
> Jim 
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> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26) -- "Trick or Treat" 
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> [R.app GUI 1.53 (6335) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0] 
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>
> > perprof<-c(1,2,3,4,"fe") 
> perprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprof> 
> str(perprof) 
> chr [1:5] "1" "2" "3" "4" "fe" 
> perprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprof> 
> options(prompt=">") 
> perprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprofperprof> 
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