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R.utils (version 1.9.7)

printf: C-style formatted output

Description

C-style formatted output.

Usage

## S3 method for class '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.

See Also

For C-style formatting of character strings, see sprintf().

Examples

Run this code
cat("Hello world
")
  printf("Hello world
")

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

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

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