Dear All -
The problem: comment lines in an R function (lines beginning with # ) are
*sometimes* removed on leaving the R default editor (same with notepad).
I'm working on a Windows machine with R version 2.14.1.
An example is below. Couldn't find anything that seemed to relate to this in
the Changelog. I don't recall encountering this behavior with previous versions
of R. Any suggestions on how to preserve the comment lines would be greatly
appreciated. Many apologies if this is a stupid question. Cleridy
## this function has comments at the top:
> mapsp.sqrtcpd.f
function (input.frm, cpd.numerator, cpd.denominator, basis.dim,
npts, nyrs.unq, prop.ctch)
{
# here are some comments
# and more
#
year.min<- 1975
......
## copy function to a dummy function:
> tmp.f<-mapsp.sqrtcpd.f
## now edit it with fix and remove a ) so that it complains:
> fix(tmp.f)
Error in edit(name, file, title, editor) :
unexpected symbol occurred on line 15 use a command like
x<- edit()
to recover
## and now recover it and add back in the ) that had been removed :
> tmp.f<-edit()
## and look to see what happened... no comments at the top anymore..
> tmp.f
function (input.frm, cpd.numerator, cpd.denominator, basis.dim,
npts, nyrs.unq, prop.ctch)
{
year.min<- 1975
......
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