R help - Jan 2014 - Getting the current number of rows in windows R gui console (Carlos Arias)

Hello, I'm currently trying to set some default settings and I know how to
get the width of the console with getOption("width"), this corresponds
to
the number of columns of the console in the Rconsole file. I would also
like to get the current number of rows from inside R. Is there an R option
to get this value?

Thank you,

Carlos Arias

Statistician at ICFES Colombia

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On 14-01-21 7:27 PM, Carlos Arias wrote:
> Hello, I'm currently trying to set some default settings and I know how
to
> get the width of the console with getOption("width"), this
corresponds to
> the number of columns of the console in the Rconsole file. I would also
> like to get the current number of rows from inside R. Is there an R option
> to get this value?
>
options("width") gives you the line length that various R functions
use;
it doesn't necessarily tell you the window width.  (Setting the window 
width does update the option value, but not vice versa.)

There aren't functions to get window size at the R level, though you 
could theoretically use getWindowsHandle() to get the handle of the R 
console Window, and use Windows API functions to get its measurements. 
You can use loadRconsole() to load new settings from a file.

Duncan Murdoch