utils (version 3.3)

select.list: Select Items from a List

Description

Select item(s) from a character vector.

Usage

select.list(choices, preselect = NULL, multiple = FALSE,
            title = NULL, graphics = getOption("menu.graphics"))

Arguments

choices
a character vector of items.
preselect
a character vector, or NULL. If non-null and if the string(s) appear in the list, the item(s) are selected initially.
multiple
logical: can more than one item be selected?
title
optional character string for window title, or NULL for no title.
graphics
logical: should a graphical widget be used?

Value

  • A character vector of selected items. If multiple is false and no item was selected (or Cancel was used), "" is returned. If multiple is true and no item was selected (or Cancel was used) then a character vector of length 0 is returned.

Details

The normal default is graphics = TRUE. #ifdef windows This brings up a modal dialog box with a (scrollable) list of items, which can be selected by the mouse. If multiple is true, further items can be selected or deselected by holding the control key down whilst selecting, and shift-clicking can be used to select ranges.

Normal termination is via the OK button or by hitting Enter or double-clicking an item. Selection can be aborted via the Cancel button or pressing Escape. #endif #ifdef unix Under the OS X GUI this brings up a modal dialog box with a (scrollable) list of items, which can be selected by the mouse. On other Unix-like platforms it will use a Tcl/Tk listbox widget if possible. #endif

If graphics is FALSE or no graphical widget is available it displays a text list from which the user can choose by number(s). The multiple = FALSE case uses menu. Preselection is only supported for multiple = TRUE, where it is indicated by a "+" preceding the item.

It is an error to use select.list in a non-interactive session.

See Also

menu, tk_select.list for a graphical version using Tcl/Tk.

Examples

Run this code
select.list(sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE)))

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