R While 条件不中断

Question

我在 R 中有以下代码，我相信它应该立即中断。相反，它会一直运行，直到达到 number_of_retries。但手动尝试“状态<- run_request_and_writedb()" makes status TRUE, and is.null(status ) evaluates to FALSE, which should break the while loop if not both conditions are met. What am I missing here, or do I fundamentaly misunderstand while conditions?

run_request_and_writedb <- function() {
      return(TRUE)
}

  ## Try the function a few times
  # return value is null
  status <- NULL
  # number of attempts at start
  attempt <- 1
  number_of_retries <- 3
  
  while( is.null(status) && attempt <= number_of_retries ) {
    try(
      status <- run_request_and_writedb()
    )
    attempt <- attempt + 1
    Sys.sleep(10)
  }

感谢您的建议和见解

Answer 1

这不是终止

while

循环的问题，而是

Sys.sleep(10)

给你一种错觉，认为

while

循环是无穷无尽的。

当你删除

Sys.sleep(10)

时，你可以看到你的代码退出了循环

## Try the function a few times
# return value is null
status <- NULL
# number of attempts at start
attempt <- 1
number_of_retries <- 3

while (is.null(status) && attempt <= number_of_retries) {
    status <- run_request_and_writedb()
    attempt <- attempt + 1
}