cat(... , file = "", sep = " ", fill = FALSE, labels = NULL, append = FALSE)
...
| objects that can be coerced into vectors. |
file
|
character string naming the file to print to. If
"" , cat prints to the standard output.
|
sep
| character string to insert between the objects to print. |
fill
|
a logical or numeric controlling how the output is
broken into successive lines. If FALSE , only newlines
created explicitly by \n are printed. Otherwise, the
output is broken into lines with print width equal to the option
width if fill is TRUE , or the value of
fill if this is numeric.
|
labels
|
character vector of labels for the lines printed.
Ignored if fill is FALSE .
|
append
|
if TRUE , output will be appended to
file ; otherwise, it will overwrite the contents of
file .
|
cat
converts its arguments to character strings, concatenates
them, separating them by the given sep=
string, and then
prints them.
cat
is useful for producing output in user defined functions.
## print an informative message cat("iteration = ", iter <- iter + 1, "\n") ## print an informative message cat("iteration = ", iter <- iter + 1, "\n")