[R] source() does not include added code

Doug Edmunds dougedmunds at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 17:39:56 CEST 2016


Thank you.  That explains it (auto-printing is not done).

On 8/31/2016 8:35 AM, Joshua Ulrich wrote:
> I have quantstrat installed and it works fine for me.  If you're
> asking why the output of t(tradeStats('macross')) isn't being printed,
> that's because of what's described in the first paragraph in the
> *Details* section of help("source"):
>
>      Note that running code via ‘source’ differs in a few respects from
>      entering it at the R command line.  Since expressions are not
>      executed at the top level, auto-printing is not done.  So you will
>      need to include explicit ‘print’ calls for things you want to be
>      printed (and remember that this includes plotting by ‘lattice’,
>      FAQ Q7.22).
>
> So you need:
>
> print(t(tradeStats('macross')))
>
> if you want the output printed to the console.
>



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