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loop: Output a message while inside a loop

Description

NOTE: utils::txtProgressBar() and utils::setTxtProgressBar() are better. Output a message while inside a for loop to update the user on progress. This function is useful in tracking progress when the number of iterations is large or the procedures in each iteration take a long time.

Usage

loop(i, n = NULL, every = 1, extra = NULL)

Arguments

i

The index value used in the loop.

n

The last entry in the loop.

every

The number of loops between messages.

extra

Additional information to print.

Author

David Diez

See Also

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Examples

Run this code

for (i in 1:160) {
  loop(i, 160, 20, paste("iter", i))
}

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