[R] displaying results

[Wacek Kusnierczyk]

Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 5/15/2009 8:33 AM, deanj2k wrote:
>> Hi everyone, can anyone tell me how i can change how i display
>> mean(age), i
>> want it to say The mean age of patients within the sample is mean(age)
>
> I think you want something like this:
>
> cat(sprintf("The mean age of patients within the sample is %.1f.\n",
> mean(age)))
>

or maybe

    cat(sprintf("The mean age of patients within the sample is %.1f.\n",
round(mean(age), 1)))


> Play with the %.1f format for more decimal places, etc.

... and be aware of excel bugs.

vQ