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

[Giovanni Petris]

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> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:47:36 -0500
> From: ryszard.czerminski at pharma.novartis.com
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> I am trying to produce rather mundane output of the form e.g.
> 
> pi, e = 3.14   2.718
> 
> The closest result I achieved so far with print() is:
> 
> > print (c(pi, exp(1)), digits = 3)
> [1] 3.14 2.72
> 
> > print(c("pi, e =", pi, exp(1)), digits = 3)
> [1] "pi, e ="          "3.14159265358979" "2.71828182845905"
> I understand that c() promotes floats to strings and this is why I get 
> what I get.
> 
> and with cat() (it apparently does not have equivalent of digits" 
> parameter)
> > cat ("pi, e =", pi, exp(1), "\n")
> pi, e = 3.141593 2.718282
> 
> Any pointers with respect how can I print what I want to print would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> Ryszard
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