C-style formatted output

C-style formatted output.

# S3 method for default
printf(fmt, ..., sep="", file="")

Arguments

fmt

A character vector of format strings. See same argument for sprintf().

...

Additional arguments sprintf().

sep

A character vector of strings to append after each element.

file

A connection, or a character of a file to print to. See same argument for cat().

Value

Returns nothing.

Author

Henrik Bengtsson

See also

For C-style formatting of character strings, see sprintf().

Examples

  cat("Hello world\n")
#> Hello world
  printf("Hello world\n")
#> Hello world

  x <- 1.23
  cat(sprintf("x=%.2f\n", x))
#> x=1.23
  printf("x=%.2f\n", x)
#> x=1.23

  y <- 4.56
  cat(sprintf(c("x=%.2f\n", "y=%.2f\n"), c(x,y)), sep="")
#> x=1.23
#> y=4.56
  printf(c("x=%.2f\n", "y=%.2f\n"), c(x,y))
#> x=1.23
#> y=4.56