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Stella Hu
Stella Hu

Reputation: 353

Shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F in Rstudio

I am learning how to use short cuts in Rstudio in order to speed up writing R codes.

ctrl+alt+f is explained as "Runs current function definition" in the short cut list.

First, I do not understand how to specify "current" function. Second, I tried to use this short cut but nothing happened. I first defined a function in one R file and used function to calculate. Then, I selected the function identifier when the function was used to calculate. I used PC and pressed the short cut, then did not see any effect.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 343

Answers (1)

Abhijit
Abhijit

Reputation: 625

What this means is, if you're in the scripting window in RStudio, and your cursor is in the middle of a function definition, then pressing Ctrl+Alt+F automatically figures out the lines where the function is written and passes that to the console. For example, if you had

myfn <- function(x, thresh){
x <- sort(x)
y <- ifelse(x < thresh, x^2, 2*x)
plot(x,y, type='l')
}

then, if your cursor was on the line x <- sort(x) and you pressed Ctrl+Alt+F, the entire function definition, from myfn <- ... to the final } would be sent to the R console. This functionality allows you to send functions to R without having to select and then send, or copy and paste. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 3

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