How can I comment out whole chunks of code?
On 24/09/2008 4:03 PM, Mark Na wrote:
Hello, I know this has been discussed, but I haven't found an answer in the archives. Basically, I'd like to be able to comment out chunks of code (which may or may not be syntactically correct) without having to put the # symbol in front of each line (and, if possible, without having to adopt a new text editor). My current R setup (XP) is very simple. I always have three windows open: the R console, my working directory, and a Notepad window containing my program. Adopting Tinn-R would probably solve this problem, but for simplicity I'd rather not move beyond Notepad (if possible). Thanks for any help you can provide,
I think there is no solution that lives within your constraints.
If you keep syntactic correctness, you can wrap blocks in
if (FALSE) {
...
}
If you switch to a real editor, adding the # prefix to each line would
not be a problem.
Duncan Murdoch