[R] error message for every parenthesis

[Tara Kerin]

Thank you both for your quick reply!
I did install 3.2.3, it appears that was just a typo in my earlier message.

Yes! deleting the workspace and history seems to correct the problem. I
will also not continue the practice of saving my workspace. I have also now
downloaded R studio.  Thank you for the tip. The interface is nice, and I
hope this will help my transition over to R.  I'll have to send my thanks
to Garrett as well. :)

I appreciate your help with this, and your patience with a R newbie!

Thanks,
Tara

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 3:42 AM, Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:

> Dear Tara
>
> 1 - why did you install 3.2.1 when 3.2.3 is the latest version
> 2 - what happens if you delete .RData and .Rapp.history from your
> workspace?
> 3 - you do have a function try as it is part of R
>
> On 16/02/2016 02:49, Tara Kerin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I seem to be having the same problem Garrett (below) had in 2009.
>> However, I do not have functions named try written in my active code.
>> In fact, I don't have any of my own functions written at all yet.  I
>> did just install version 3.2.1 today, and the errors started after
>> that.  Please advise!
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Tara Kerin
>>
>> An example from my GUI is below:
>>
>> [Workspace restored from /Users/tarakerin/.RData]
>> [History restored from /Users/tarakerin/.Rapp.history]
>>
>> Error in try(gsub("\\s+", " ",
>> paste(capture.output(print(args(library))),  :
>>    unused argument (silent = TRUE)
>>
>>> library()
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/13/2009 12:35 PM, Garrett Grolemund wrote:
>>
>>> * Whenever I type a parenthesis immediately following a word (as if I'm
>>>
>> *>* entering a function) R displays the following error
>> *> >* Error in try(gsub("\\s+", " ",
>> paste(capture.output(print(args(try))),  :
>> *>*   unused argument(s) (silent = TRUE)
>> *>>* try(
>> *> >* The above is pasted from my R console. The error appears above the
>> command
>> *>* because it appears immediately upon typing the parenthesis.  It does
>> not
>> *>* wait until I try to execute the command.  This happens for every
>> function.
>> *>* I can finish typing the function and execute it.  But these error
>> messages
>> *>* make it difficult to debug my code.  In particular, if I have
>> options(error
>> *>* = recover) set, the above crashes R.
>> *> >* I can avoid the error by typing the parentheses first and then
>> moving the
>> *>* cursor back to type in the word. This error displays on the console
>> whether
>> *>* I'm typing in the console or in an open document window.
>> *> >* I'm using the mac GUI for R.  The error only occurs on my Macbook
>> (OS X
>> *>* 10.5.7), which I bought a few months ago.  It has occurred  every
>> time I use
>> *>* R on this computer.  It has happened with R 2.8 and now R 2.91.
>> *> >* Any idea what may be going on?
>> *
>> Presumably this has something to do with command completion or argument
>> hints.  From the "silent = TRUE" error, and your example, I would guess
>> you have a function named try(), and the GUI is finding yours instead of
>> the one in the base package.
>>
>> The GUI shouldn't do that, it should look in the right place, but as a
>> workaround, you could remove your function named "try", and call it
>> something else.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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