[R] edit.data.frame

[Prof Brian Ripley]

That changes the object if you make a change in the editor, so definitely 
NOT to be recommended.

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, ronggui wrote:

> I think fix(data.frame.name) is the best way .
> 2006/1/13, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Fredrik Lundgren wrote:>> > Sometimes I have huge data.frames and the small spreadsheetlike> > edit.data.frame is quite handy to get an overview of the data. However,> > when I close the editor all data are rolled over the console window,> > which takes time and clutters the window. Is there a way to avoid this?>> If you mean printed to the R terminal/console, assign the result or use> invisible(edit(object)).>>> --> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595>> ______________________________________________> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-p!
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