Re: [R] R equivalent of Python str()?
R Michael Weylandt michael.weyla...@gmail.com michael.weyla...@gmail.com on Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:23:57 -0500 writes: Possibly as.character() is what the OP was seeking Michael or format() which is closer for numeric data On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:15 PM, jim holtman jholt...@gmail.com wrote: ?dump ?dput 2012/2/7 Ernest Adrogué nfdi...@gmail.com: Hi, I was wondering if there's a function in R that is meant to return a string representation of an object. Basically, it's like print() but it doesn't print anything, it only returns a string. I know there's a str() function but it's not quite the same. I mean a function that returns the same string that print() would display. -- Bye, Ernest __ 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. -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. __ 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. __ 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.
Re: [R] R equivalent of Python str()?
8-02-2012, 09:45 (+0100); Martin Maechler escriu: R Michael Weylandt michael.weyla...@gmail.com michael.weyla...@gmail.com on Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:23:57 -0500 writes: Possibly as.character() is what the OP was seeking Michael or format() which is closer for numeric data Thanks for the suggestions, but none of these appears to do what I need. Take a table such as a - as.table(c(A=450,B=12)) a A B 450 12 The string that print() prints is A B \n450 12 \n. Once you have the string you can print it with cat() and get the same result as with print(). cat( A B \n450 12 \n) A B 450 12 The function that I was looking for was one that given the table a in the example would return the string described above. Apparently, capture.output() can be used for that, although it returns the string split into lines they can be joined together easily. So, case closed :) -- Bye, Ernest __ 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.
Re: [R] R equivalent of Python str()?
8-02-2012, 04:22 (+); William Dunlap escriu: Use capture.output(print(yourData)) to capture would be printed by print as a vector of a strings (one per line of printout). Paste together if desired. This will do it!! Thanks. -- Cheers, Ernest __ 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] R equivalent of Python str()?
Hi, I was wondering if there's a function in R that is meant to return a string representation of an object. Basically, it's like print() but it doesn't print anything, it only returns a string. I know there's a str() function but it's not quite the same. I mean a function that returns the same string that print() would display. -- Bye, Ernest __ 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.
Re: [R] R equivalent of Python str()?
?dump ?dput 2012/2/7 Ernest Adrogué nfdi...@gmail.com: Hi, I was wondering if there's a function in R that is meant to return a string representation of an object. Basically, it's like print() but it doesn't print anything, it only returns a string. I know there's a str() function but it's not quite the same. I mean a function that returns the same string that print() would display. -- Bye, Ernest __ 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. -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. __ 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.
Re: [R] R equivalent of Python str()?
Possibly as.character() is what the OP was seeking Michael On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:15 PM, jim holtman jholt...@gmail.com wrote: ?dump ?dput 2012/2/7 Ernest Adrogué nfdi...@gmail.com: Hi, I was wondering if there's a function in R that is meant to return a string representation of an object. Basically, it's like print() but it doesn't print anything, it only returns a string. I know there's a str() function but it's not quite the same. I mean a function that returns the same string that print() would display. -- Bye, Ernest __ 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. -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. __ 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.
Re: [R] R equivalent of Python str()?
Use capture.output(print(yourData)) to capture would be printed by print as a vector of a strings (one per line of printout). Paste together if desired. Use deparse(yourData) to get a string representation that can be parsed by R (useful for sending to others who are using R). Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ernest Adrogué Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:09 PM To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] R equivalent of Python str()? Hi, I was wondering if there's a function in R that is meant to return a string representation of an object. Basically, it's like print() but it doesn't print anything, it only returns a string. I know there's a str() function but it's not quite the same. I mean a function that returns the same string that print() would display. -- Bye, Ernest __ 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.
