[R-sig-hpc] snow/snowfall: outputting iteration number

[Brian G. Peterson]

Vinh Nguyen wrote:
> hi all,
>
> in a loop, i normally output the iteration number every 10 or 100 to
> know my progress.  however, when doing parallel computing using
> snow/snowfall, putting the print() or cat() statement into the wrapper
> function does not output into the main R console.  does anyone know
> how one would be able to output the iteration (argument into the
> wrapper function from sfLapply) into the main console?
>   
Try using message() instead of print() or cat()

Regards,

    - Brian

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