[R] Warning message if the plot statement breaks into 2 lines

[Mike Meyer]

It has all to do with a string going over two lines and hence the line terminator is part of the string.   If you close the string on the first line then the command is just fine.

At least the newer version of the parser allows for embedded newline characters.

 --Mike

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:58:57 -0400
partha_bagchi at hgsi.com wrote:

> Here is a curious observation. In 
> 
> > version
>          _ 
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386 
> os       mingw32 
> system   i386, mingw32 
> status 
> major    2 
> minor    0.0 
> year     2004 
> month    10 
> day      04 
> language R 
> >
> 
> Try the following:
> 
> > Plot(c(1:100), type = "l
> + ")
> Warning message: 
> plot type 'l
> ' truncated to first character in: plot.xy(xy, type, pch, lty, col, bg, 
> cex, lwd, ...) 
> >
> 
> Where as in 
> > version
>          _ 
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386 
> os       mingw32 
> system   i386, mingw32 
> status 
> major    1 
> minor    9.1 
> year     2004 
> month    06 
> day      21 
> language R 
> >
> > plot(c(1:10), type = "l
> Error: syntax error
> >
> 
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Mike Meyer,  Seattle WA