R “for loop” error messages {}

Question

Since a couple of days ago when I run a for loop in R it gives me plenty of errors related to \"}\". It only happens if I highlight the whole code and run it. If i execute i

Answer 1

I am also using Rstudio and get the same error message when running for loops.

Error: unexpected '}' in "}"

If I source the file, like this...

source('~/.active-rstudio-document')

or if I simply click the "source" button in the GUI, I don't get the same error message.

If sourcing the whole R script is not an option, consider copying the for loop to another file and sourcing that.