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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ernest Adrogué > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
