On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Joshua Wiley <jwiley.ps...@gmail.com> > To: Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com> > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 12:10:51 PM > Subject: Re: [R] About scan > > Hi Josh, > > Thanks for your advice. > > - snip - > >>> x <- scan() >>1: 1 2 3 4 5 >>6: > > I tried it before. It'll continue asking for input unless pressing [Ctrl]+c
That certainly works. It will also stop after an empty line (hit enter twice). I think the examples in the documentation for ?scan show much more practical uses. If you are just typing in the data c() seems easier in most cases. > > > B.R. > Stephen > > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> >> I followed an online example to input data; >> >>> x = scan(1,2,3,4,5) >> Error in scan(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) : >> either specify 'nmax' or 'n', but not both. >> >> It can't work. >> >> >>> x = c(1,2,3,4,5) >>> x >> [1] 1 2 3 4 5 >> >> It works. >> >> >> Whether "scan" is replaced with "c" ? >> >>> ?c >> ..... >> Usage: >> c(..., recursive=FALSE) >> >> >> TIA >> >> >> B.R. >> Stephen L >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > > -- > Joshua Wiley > Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology > University of California, Los Angeles > http://www.joshuawiley.com/ > > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
