[R] source() does not include added code

Joshua Ulrich josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 17:10:58 CEST 2016


On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Doug Edmunds <dougedmunds at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to understand why "source" does not process
> all the code in this R file.
>
> 1. I copied maCross.R from the quantstrat/demo directory
> into my project area.
>
> QuantStrat is available at
>   https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=316
> install.packages("quantstrat", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>
> 2. I added this line at the end of the R file:
>
>     t(tradeStats("macross")
>
> 3. When I enter:
>      source('maCross.R')
>
> at the prompt, it fails to process the added line of code.
>
> Why not?
>
My guess is that you forgot to save the file after you made your
change.  That never happens to me. :P

> --DAE
>
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