[R] Pause the execution of a function

Rolf Turner rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz
Thu Apr 28 00:16:25 CEST 2011


On 28/04/11 06:09, Jonathan Daily wrote:
> Try ?scan or ?readLines.

I think she might actually want readline() rather than either of the above.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Lisa<lisajca at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to write a script to pause the execution of a function and
>> provide some additional commands to the function and then continue execution
>> of the function. For example, when my function detects a wrong number in a
>> dataset, the function pauses automatically and returns information on the
>> screen:
>>
>> “There is a wrong number in the dataset. Would you like to correct it? ”
>>
>> If I input “yes” from the keyboard and hit the enter key, the function asks
>> again:
>>
>> “What is the correct number?”
>>
>> After inputting a correct number from the keyboard and hitting the enter
>> key, the function continues to execute.
>>
>> Can anybody please help how to get this done? Thanks a lot in advance
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>>
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