I don't know how to do this in the way you describe.
Easy alternatives include:
- putting the part of the script that is to be executed
conditionally into a separate file, and then source it or not based
on some condition.
- simply wrapping the different parts of the script in if, then, else blocks.
-Don
At 1:37 PM -0800 11/16/09, Stu wrote:>Hi,
>
>I am using a script to initialize variables in the global workspace.
>
>Based on some condition, I would like to stop evaluation of a script
>sourced on the command-line, without issuing an error.
>
>My current solution is the following hack that uses a repeat { }
>statement
>
>----------- init.R -----------
>#hack to enable setting of breakpoint
>repeat {
>
>...
>if (condition) {
> break;
>}
>
>...
>
># remember to break !!
>break;
>} #end repeat
>EOF
>
>Thanks,
>- Stu
>
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