The only permutation you likely didn't try: >> cat("df(between) is", a[1,1], "\ndf(within) is", a[2,1])
\n has to be inside the quotes. HTH. Bryan On May 22, 2013, at 4:34 PM, jordanbrace <r24...@mun.ca> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm having some difficulty getting the linebreaks I want with the cat() > function. > > I currently have the following function: > > lab1<-function(iv,dv){ > a<-anova(lm(dv~iv)) > cat("df(between) is",a[1,1]) > cat("df(within) is", a[2,1]) > cat("ss(between) is", a[1,2]) > cat("ss(within) is", a[2,2]) > } > > And I want my output to be: > > df(between) is 4 > df(within) is 45 > ss(between) is 232 > ss(within) is 400 > > but instead it prints: > df(between) is 4df(within) is 45ss(between) is 232ss(within) is 400 > > > I have seen other people ask about this issue, but only in the context of > character strings. I understand that if i wanted the output: > > Happy birthday > to you > > the correct input would be >> cat("Happy birthday\ntoyou") > > However applying the same logic to my string returns an error: >> cat("df(between) is",a[1,1],\n"df(within) is", a[2,1]) > Error: unexpected input in "cat("df(between) is",a[1,1],\" >> cat("df(between) is",a[1,1]\n"df(within) is", a[2,1]) > Error: unexpected input in "cat("df(between) is",a[1,1]\" > > Adding the command 'sep="\n"' to the end of each cat() returns: > > df(between) is > 4 > df(within) is > 45 > ss(between) is > 232 > ss(within) is > 400 > > which is not quite as ugly, but I would still prefer the 4 line format I > posted at the beginning. > > Can anyone help? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Linebreaks-in-cat-functions-that-call-other-variables-tp4667748.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.