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I'm new to R Programming and have somehow gotten stuck in an argument that will not stop. I wrote view(file) and hit enter and now there is an endless string of "+" and the argument will not close. Any help would be appreciated on how to close my argument. I know I can just force quit the program, but I would rather just figure out of to end the argument. Thank You!

Erica
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In R, if you keep seeing an endless string of +, it means that you didn't close a pair of either single quotes '', double quotes "", or parentheses/brackets ()/{}.

Usually, not closing a pair of parentheses or brackets produces an error sooner or later. But open quotes can keep going forever if you do not close them (or unless you terminate the command: esc in RStudio or ctrl+c if in command line).

Here is an example:

> view("file
+ i can keep
+ writing
+ until
+ i close the
+ double quote
+ , but once I do,
+ I have to also close the parentheses )
+ "
+ )
Error: could not find function "view"
>
Danton Noriega
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  • Wonderful, the esc worked and I appreciate knowing what I did wrong so that it doesn't happen again. Thank you so much!! – Erica Oct 01 '16 at 19:00