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?
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