I assume that it is testing to see if you are in the interactive mode
(typically using RGUI or Rterm) and not a batch file. If it is
interactive, it issues a 'stop' (this lets the person take action on
the problem). If in the batch, it just terminates the execution of
the script.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:44 AM, Kurapati, Ravichandra (Ravichandra)
<ravichandra.kurapati at alcatel-lucent.com>
wrote:> Hi
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> Can any body explain the meaning of the following R code
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> if(interactive())
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> stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
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> else
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> quit()
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> Thanks
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> K.Ravichandra
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