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interactive {base}R Documentation

Is R Running Interactively?

Description

Return TRUE when R is being used interactively and FALSE otherwise.

Usage

interactive()

See Also

source, .First

Examples

 .First <- function() if(interactive()) x11()
[Package base version 2.9.0 ]