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Asked: 2026-05-27T09:57:54+00:00

I am new debugging in R using traceback() and option(error=recover) and debug(function) to try

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I am new debugging in R using traceback() and option(error=recover) and debug(function) to try to find the reason of an error I have in an R package.

I am debugging a function with a big loop and I want to ‘step out’ of the loop into the next block. How can I do that? I know that you can put breakpoints, but I don’t know where the loop is nor which is the next step. I am in an only text environment so the graphical help of the debug package probably does not help.

To sum up, how to step out of a loop when debugging, and how to step into a function for debug when you are already debugging?

Probably this has been already answered and I have missed it. I have seen several SO R debug question but none answering this part that I am aware.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m fairly sure R’s help system works even if you’re not using a GUI. Try typing ?debug and see what happens. You ought to be informed that typing c or cont will

    continue to the end of the current context: e.g. to the end of the loop if within a loop or to the end of the function.

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