[R] How to comment in R

[Gábor Csárdi]

There is no begin/end style of comment is R, AFAIK. You can only use
'#' for comments. Or the 'if (FALSE) { }' trick.

G.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM,  <Mihai.Mirauta at bafin.de> wrote:
>
> Well, I don't care so much if it is */ or something else, I just want to find some way to end my comment. Still, no matter what signs I use (as Thierry suggested) doesn't seem to work.
>
> Gruß,
>
> Mihai
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Søren Højsgaard [mailto:Soren.Hojsgaard at agrsci.dk]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 11:03
> An: Mirauta, Mihai; Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be; r-help at r-project.org
> Betreff: SV: [R] How to comment in R
>
> You CAN NOT use /* and */ for begin/end comment in R.
>
> But if you choose Options -> Main -> Application in Tinn-R you can specify whether you want a comment to start with # or ## or ### or ...
>
> S
>
> ________________________________
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> Fra: Mihai.Mirauta at bafin.de [mailto:Mihai.Mirauta at bafin.de]
> Sendt: on 11-02-2009 10:54
> Til: Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be; Søren Højsgaard; r-help at r-project.org
> Emne: AW: [R] How to comment in R
>
>
>
> Still doesn't work. I did
> Format --> Block --> Comment  and chose /* for begin comment, */ for end comment but R doesn't recognize the signs as such. Maybe I should work on the configuration of TINN R?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mihai
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ONKELINX, Thierry [mailto:Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 09:55
> An: Mirauta, Mihai; Soren.Hojsgaard at agrsci.dk; r-help at r-project.org
> Betreff: RE: [R] How to comment in R
>
> Via the menu choose: Format --> Block --> Comment Or use the shortcut key alt+C
>
> HTH,
>
> Thierry
>
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] Namens Mihai.Mirauta at bafin.de
> Verzonden: woensdag 11 februari 2009 9:47
> Aan: Soren.Hojsgaard at agrsci.dk; r-help at r-project.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [R] How to comment in R
>
> I am using Tinn-R.
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Søren Højsgaard [mailto:Soren.Hojsgaard at agrsci.dk]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 09:40
> An: Mirauta, Mihai; r-help at r-project.org
> Betreff: SV: [R] How to comment in R
>
> A hash (#) anywhere on a line will comment out the rest of the line. Try!
>
> I don't think there is anything in R that will indicate the beginning and end of a "comment section" (like /* .... */ would in SAS). However most editors (and certainly emacs and Tinn-R) will allow you to comment out several lines.
>
> Søren
>
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> Fra: r-help-bounces at r-project.org på vegne af Mihai.Mirauta at bafin.de
> Sendt: on 11-02-2009 09:32
> Til: r-help at r-project.org
> Emne: [R] How to comment in R
>
>
>
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I use for the moment "#" at the begining of each line for comments.
>
> Is there any possibility to comment more than one line, like something which shows the beggingng and the end of the comment? Or is there a possibility to comment only a part of a line?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mihai
>
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