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in your loop. -Christos > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Waterman, > DG (David) > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:20 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] immediate print > > Hi everyone, > > I have a function containing a loop that takes some time to complete. > Before I enter the loop I want to print a text string to the > screen explaining what is being calculated, however, I find > that the information is not printed until the function exits. > Is there a way of immediately printing a message from within > a function as a side effect before it returns? > > code example: > > myFunc <- function(){ > print.noquote("some message that I want to print before exiting the > function") > j <- 0 > for (i in 1:1000000){ > j <- j + 1 > } > j > } > > Best wishes, > David > <DIV><FONT size="1" color="gray">This e-mail and any > attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or > privileged material, and are for the use of the intended > addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an > authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of > receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, > distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. > Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the > individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. > Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail > or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept > liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of > software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. > Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). > Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at > Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, > Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom </FONT></DIV> > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > ______________________________________________ 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.
