[R] stopping a function

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Brian S Cade wrote:

> I've looked for this information in all the R help sources I could find and
> found nothing.  Is it possible to use some function key to stop the
> execution of some R command without ending the R session (Windows, R 1.91)?

R 1.91 is not expected until 2050, if ever.

> I've several times started functions that for various reasons are not
> executing properly and it would be nice to stop them without killing the R
> session.  I've been using taskmgr to end the R session but I then lose all
> objects created during the session.

It's in the README, and for RGui, on the menus!

Esc in RGui, Ctrl-c in Rterm.

Not all computations are interruptible (most compiled code is not), but if 
they are, these will do it.

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