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R.utils (version 2.3.0)

compile.SmartComments: Preprocess a vector of code lines

Description

Preprocess a vector of code lines.

Usage

"compile"(this, lines, trim=TRUE, excludeComments=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

lines
A character vector of lines of code to be preprocessed.
trim
If TRUE, trailing whitespace characters are removed from every line of code, and contigous empty lines are replaced with a single empty line.
excludeComments
If TRUE, comments in the input lines, that is, also smart comments, are excluded.
...
Not used.

Value

Returns a character vector.

Details

When called, the compiler is reset.

Just before trimming is done, the validate() method is called. In the current class, this does nothing, but can be overridden in subclasses.

See Also

For more information see SmartComments.