[R] problem in textConnection function

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Michael S <michael_shen <at> hotmail.com> writes:

: 
: Dear all-helpers:
: 
: I create one package ,code like this:
: "output" <-
: function(x,y)
: {
: 	zz <-textConnection("foo","w")
: 	sink(zz)
: 	a <-5
: 	b <-6
: 	z <-a*b
: 	z
: 	e <-"spss"
: 	h <-c(1,2,3)
: 	ls()
: 	r<-c("s","p","s","s")
: 	p<-list(1:10)
: 	p
: 	sink()
:                 close(zz)
: 	x <- foo
:                 y <- foo
:     # .C("output",as.character(x),as.character(y))
: }
: 
: packege making is ok , but when I use "output" in Rgui,  none of object x 
: ory can get the result what I expect(textConnection result),when I copy the 
: code and paste on Rgui ,it is ok.what should I do ?
: 

This is a FAQ:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-is-the-output-not-printed-
when-I-source_0028_0029-a-file_003f