swirl (version 2.4.5)

play: Tell swirl to ignore console input for a while.

Description

It is sometimes useful to play around in the R console out of curiosity or to solidify a concept. This command will cause swirl to remain idle, allowing the user to experiment at will, until the command nxt() is entered.

Usage

play()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
| Create a new variable called `y` that contains the number 8.

> play()

| Entering play mode. Experiment as you please, then type nxt()
| when you ready to resume the lesson.

> 10/14
> [1] 0.7142857
> zz <- 99
> zz
> [1] 99
> nxt()

| Resuming lesson...
# }