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R.utils (version 2.12.3)

displayCode: Displays the contents of a text file with line numbers and more

Description

Displays the contents of a text file with line numbers and more.

Usage

# S3 method for default
displayCode(con=NULL, code=NULL, numerate=TRUE, lines=-1, wrap=79, highlight=NULL,
  pager=getOption("pager"), ...)

Value

Returns (invisibly) the formatted code as a character string.

Arguments

con

A connection or a character string filename. If code is specified, this argument is ignored.

code

A character vector of code lines to be displayed.

numerate

If TRUE, line are numbers, otherwise not.

lines

If a single numeric, the maximum number of lines to show. If -1, all lines are shown. If a vector of numeric, the lines numbers to display.

wrap

The (output) column numeric where to wrap lines.

highlight

A vector of line number to be highlighted.

pager

If "none", code is not displayed in a pager, but only returned. For other options, see file.show().

...

Additional arguments passed to file.show(), which is used to display the formatted code.

Author

Henrik Bengtsson

See Also

Examples

Run this code
file <- system.file("DESCRIPTION", package="R.utils")
cat("Displaying: ", file, ":\n", sep="")
displayCode(file)

file <- system.file("NEWS.md", package="R.utils")
cat("Displaying: ", file, ":\n", sep="")
displayCode(file, numerate=FALSE, lines=100:110, wrap=65)

file <- system.file("NEWS.md", package="R.utils")
cat("Displaying: ", file, ":\n", sep="")
displayCode(file, lines=100:110, wrap=65, highlight=c(101,104:108))

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