I'm getting this, too! <div><br></div><div>It makes no difference to the running of software....I'd just like to know what it means.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br>On Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:17:15 UTC, gul...@comcast.net wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">Good morning, all!
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<br>I'm seeing some strange behavior with R's prompt in the R console.
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<br>I'm running Mac OS X (10.8.2) on a MacBook Air.
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<br>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).
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<br>Any thoughts?
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<br>Many thanks and best regards!
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<br>Jim
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<br>> perprof<-c(1,2,3,4,"fe")
<br>perprofperprofperprofperprofpe<wbr>rprofperprofperprofperprofperp<wbr>rofperprofperprofperprofperpro<wbr>fperprofperprofperprofperprofp<wbr>erprofperprofperprofperprof> str(perprof)
<br>chr [1:5] "1" "2" "3" "4" "fe"
<br>perprofperprofperprofperprofpe<wbr>rprofperprofperprofperprofperp<wbr>rofperprof> options(prompt=">")
<br>perprofperprofperprofperprofpe<wbr>rprofperprofperprofperprofperp<wbr>rofperprofperprofperprofperpro<wbr>fperprofperprofperprofperprof>
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