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print.via.format Printing Utilities
Description
.print.via.format is a “prototype” print() method, useful, at least as a start, by a simple
print.<myS3class> <- .print.via.format
Usage
.print.via.format(x, ...)
Arguments
x |
object to be printed. |
... |
optional further arguments, passed to |
Value
x, invisibly (by invisible()), as print methods should.
See Also
The print generic; its default method print.default (used for many basic implicit classes such as "numeric", "character" and arrays of them, lists etc).
Examples
## The function is simply defined as
function (x, ...) {
writeLines(format(x, ...))
invisible(x)
}
## is used for simple print methods in R, and as prototype for new methods.
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