Greetings All. My apologies for a question whose answer is probably readily available somewhere (for some interpetation of "somewhere") ... Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several lines into the R command-line, and what I see is:> chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4,+ 4,1,4,6,5, + 2,7,4,2,5, + 8,2,4,4,2, + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5)) Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+" continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+" marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line. So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the beginning of each continuation line? (The above is one of the smaller examples of this situation; sometimes I have wished to do this for commands extending over, say, 15-20 lines). With thanks, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> Date: 30-Jul-2012 Time: 09:58:02 This message was sent by XFMail
Hello,
See the setting of options()$continue
> options("continue" = "")
Error in options(continue = "") : invalid value for 'continue'
> options("continue" = " ")
> x <-
1:5
> x
[1] 1 2 3 4 5
Hope this helps,
Rui Barradas
Em 30-07-2012 09:58, (Ted Harding) escreveu:> Greetings All.
> My apologies for a question whose answer is probably
> readily available somewhere (for some interpetation
> of "somewhere") ...
>
> Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several
> lines into the R command-line, and what I see is:
>
>> chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4,
> + 4,1,4,6,5,
> + 2,7,4,2,5,
> + 8,2,4,4,2,
> + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5))
>
> Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part
> of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+"
> continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by
> copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+"
> marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line.
>
> So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the
> beginning of each continuation line?
>
> (The above is one of the smaller examples of this situation;
> sometimes I have wished to do this for commands extending over,
> say, 15-20 lines).
>
> With thanks,
> Ted.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net>
> Date: 30-Jul-2012 Time: 09:58:02
> This message was sent by XFMail
>
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Ted Harding <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> wrote:> Greetings All. > My apologies for a question whose answer is probably > readily available somewhere (for some interpetation > of "somewhere") ... > > Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several > lines into the R command-line, and what I see is: > >> chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4, > + 4,1,4,6,5, > + 2,7,4,2,5, > + 8,2,4,4,2, > + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5)) > > Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part > of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+" > continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by > copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+" > marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line. > > So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the > beginning of each continuation line? > > (The above is one of the smaller examples of this situation; > sometimes I have wished to do this for commands extending over, > say, 15-20 lines). >On Windows just copy the command to the clipboard and the use Edit | Paste Commands to paste them back (as opposed to just Paste) in and it will remove the leading junk on each line as it pastes it in. Another possibility which is not specific to Windows is to issue: history() and then copy from the history -- the history output has no leading junk in the first place. -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com
If I understand the question correctly the answer is probably not to type anything at the R command line. A good editor or interface is a better approach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_%28programming_language%29#Interfaces John Kane Kingston ON Canada> -----Original Message----- > From: ted.harding at wlandres.net > Sent: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:09 +0100 (BST) > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] Turning off continuation prompt? > > Greetings All. > My apologies for a question whose answer is probably > readily available somewhere (for some interpetation > of "somewhere") ... > > Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several > lines into the R command-line, and what I see is: > >> chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4, > + 4,1,4,6,5, > + 2,7,4,2,5, > + 8,2,4,4,2, > + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5)) > > Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part > of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+" > continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by > copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+" > marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line. > > So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the > beginning of each continuation line? > > (The above is one of the smaller examples of this situation; > sometimes I have wished to do this for commands extending over, > say, 15-20 lines). > > With thanks, > Ted. > > ------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> > Date: 30-Jul-2012 Time: 09:58:02 > This message was sent by XFMail > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop!
Dear Ted, I don't think that it's really advisable to do so, because it might lead to confusion, but you could set options(continue=" "). Best, John ------------------------------------------------ John Fox Sen. William McMaster Prof. of Social Statistics Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/ On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:09 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> wrote:> Greetings All. > My apologies for a question whose answer is probably > readily available somewhere (for some interpetation > of "somewhere") ... > > Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several > lines into the R command-line, and what I see is: > > > chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4, > + 4,1,4,6,5, > + 2,7,4,2,5, > + 8,2,4,4,2, > + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5)) > > Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part > of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+" > continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by > copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+" > marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line. > > So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the > beginning of each continuation line? > > (The above is one of the smaller examples of this situation; > sometimes I have wished to do this for commands extending over, > say, 15-20 lines). > > With thanks, > Ted. > > ------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> > Date: 30-Jul-2012 Time: 09:58:02 > This message was sent by XFMail > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:09 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> wrote:>> Greetings All. >> My apologies for a question whose answer is probably >> readily available somewhere (for some interpetation >> of "somewhere") ... >> >> Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several >> lines into the R command-line, and what I see is: >> >>> chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4, >> + 4,1,4,6,5, >> + 2,7,4,2,5, >> + 8,2,4,4,2, >> + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5)) >> >> Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part >> of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+" >> continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by >> copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+" >> marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line. >> >> So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the >> beginning of each continuation line?At some level of complexity it is worth thinking of using a programming front end to R rather than the basic GUI. I have really benefited from downloading RStudio myself, but there are any number of other choices that might be suited to your needs as well. Knowing how long you have been around this list, you probably can name more than I. Rob
On 30.07.2012 15:36, Robert Baer wrote:> On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:09 +0100 (BST) (Ted Harding) > <Ted.Harding at wlandres.net> wrote: >>> Greetings All. >>> My apologies for a question whose answer is probably >>> readily available somewhere (for some interpetation >>> of "somewhere") ... >>> >>> Say I have just typed (from a sheet of paper) several >>> lines into the R command-line, and what I see is: >>> >>>> chisq.test(matrix(c(3,6,3,4,4, >>> + 4,1,4,6,5, >>> + 2,7,4,2,5, >>> + 8,2,4,4,2, >>> + 3,4,5,4,4),ncol=5)) >>> >>> Later, I find that would like to re-input the data part >>> of this command ("matrix(c(...)...)"). Without the "+" >>> continuation prompts, it would be easy to do this by >>> copy&paste with the mouse in one operation. With the "+" >>> marks there, I have to do the copy&paste for each separate line. >>> >>> So is there a way to suppress the output of the "+" at the >>> beginning of each continuation line? > At some level of complexity it is worth thinking of using a programming > front end to R rather than the basic GUI. I have really benefited from > downloading RStudio myself, but there are any number of other choices > that might be suited to your needs as well. Knowing how long you have > been around this list, you probably can name more than I.Or just see ?options and its argument "continue". Uwe Ligges> Rob > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.