R help - Jun 2003 - Pause with Sys.sleep

Hello!

Why the following source file:

cat("Hi")
Sys.sleep(10)
cat("Bye")

print BOTH strings after 10 seconds?.

I want a pause of 10 seconds between the printings.

Anyone can help me?

Thanks a lot.

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Javier Mu?oz wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Why the following source file:
> 
> cat("Hi")
> Sys.sleep(10)
> cat("Bye")
> 
> print BOTH strings after 10 seconds?.
I guess on Windows?
In that case: the output is buffered, see the R for Windows FAQs for
details.

Uwe Ligges

 
> I want a pause of 10 seconds between the printings.
> 
> Anyone can help me?
> 
> Thanks a lot.