NCmisc (version 1.2.0)

headl: A good way to preview large lists.

Description

An alternative to head(list) which allows limiting of large list components in the console display

Usage

headl(x, n = 6, skip = 20, skip2 = 10, ind = "", ind2 = "  ")

Value

prints truncated preview of a large list

Arguments

x

a list to preview

n

The number of values to display for the deepest nodes of the list

skip

number of first level elements to display before skipping the remainder

skip2

number of subsequent level elements to display before skipping the remainder

ind

indent character for first level elements

ind2

indent character for subsequent level elements

Author

Nicholas Cooper

Examples

sub1 <- list(list(1:100),list(2:101),list(101:200),list(201:300),list(301:400))
big.list <- list(sub1,sub1,sub1,sub1,sub1,sub1)
headl(sub1)
headl(big.list,skip=2)