[R] print(), cat() and simple I/O in R

[Spencer Graves]

Have you considered "round" and "paste"? 

hope this helps.  spencer graves

ryszard.czerminski at pharma.novartis.com wrote:

>I am trying to produce rather mundane output of the form e.g.
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>pi, e = 3.14   2.718
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>The closest result I achieved so far with print() is:
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>>print (c(pi, exp(1)), digits = 3)
>>    
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>[1] 3.14 2.72
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>>print(c("pi, e =", pi, exp(1)), digits = 3)
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>[1] "pi, e ="          "3.14159265358979" "2.71828182845905"
>I understand that c() promotes floats to strings and this is why I get 
>what I get.
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>and with cat() (it apparently does not have equivalent of digits" 
>parameter)
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>>cat ("pi, e =", pi, exp(1), "\n")
>>    
>>
>pi, e = 3.141593 2.718282
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>Any pointers with respect how can I print what I want to print would be 
>greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Ryszard
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