printf

From R.utils v2.7.0 by Henrik Bengtsson

C-style formatted output

C-style formatted output.

Keywords: utilities

Usage

# S3 method for default
printf(fmt, ..., sep="", file="")

Arguments

fmt: A character vector of format strings. See same argument for sprintf().
...: Additional arguments sprintf().
sep: A character vector of strings to append after each element.
file: A connection, or a character of a file to print to. See same argument for cat().

Value

Returns nothing.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  cat("Hello world\n")
  printf("Hello world\n")

  x <- 1.23
  cat(sprintf("x=%.2f\n", x))
  printf("x=%.2f\n", x)

  y <- 4.56
  cat(sprintf(c("x=%.2f\n", "y=%.2f\n"), c(x,y)), sep="")
  printf(c("x=%.2f\n", "y=%.2f\n"), c(x,y))
# }

Documentation reproduced from package R.utils, version 2.7.0, License: LGPL (>= 2.1)

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