David et al:
from ?options
"width:
controls the maximum number of columns on a line used in printing
vectors, matrices and arrays, and when filling by cat.
[as Jared said]
...
Some R consoles automatically change the value when they are resized."
So this behavior depends on the unstated by both of you console in
which R is running.
Cheers,
Bert
Bert Gunter
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and sticking things into it."
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On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:29 AM, David L Carlson <dcarl...@tamu.edu> wrote:
> I cannot replicate that on Windows 8 (64 bit or 32 bit):
>
>> options('width')
> $width
> [1] 90
>
> # Drag the window to resize, then:
>
>> options('width')
> $width
> [1] 124
>
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> Ben,
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> That options control is about the size of what is printed. I'm looking for
> the actual size of the window in real time.
>
> options('width') ## returns 80
> resize the terminal window
> options('width') ## returns 80
>
> Sys.getenv('COLUMNS') ## returns current window width
> resize the terminal window
> Sys.getenv('COLUMNS') ## returns a different value
>
> This however does not work on a Windows OS.
>
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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Ben Tupper <btup...@bigelow.org> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Have you looked at
>>
>> > > options("width")
>> > $width
>> > [1] 80
>>
>> and does that get at what you need?
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
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>> > On Jan 20, 2017, at 9:58 AM, Jared Studyvin <jstudy...@west-inc.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > On a non Windows OS the following command: Sys.getenv("COLUMNS")
>> > Will return the current width of the R terminal (console) but this does
>> not
>> > work on a Windows OS.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know equivelant R code when install on a Windows OS?
>> >
>> > I'm using WIndows 10 Pro Version: 1607; R 3.3.2
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