HI, Try: lab2<- function(var1,var2,data1){ a<- anova(lm(var2~var1,data=data1)) cat("df(between) is",a[1,1],"\n") cat("df(within) is", a[2,1],"\n") cat("ss(between) is", a[1,2],"\n") cat("ss(within) is", a[2,2],"\n") }
#or lab3<- function(var1,var2,data1){ a<- anova(lm(var2~var1,data=data1)) cat(paste(paste("df(between) is",a1[1,1]),paste("df(within) is",a1[2,1]),paste("ss(between) is",a1[1,2]),paste("ss(within) is", a1[2,2]),sep="\n")) } set.seed(28) dat1<- data.frame(Val=c(rnorm(10,25),rnorm(10,20),rnorm(10,22.5)),Group=rep(1:3,each=10)) dat1$Group<- factor(dat1$Group) lab3(dat1$Group,dat1$Val,dat1) #df(between) is 2 #df(within) is 27 #ss(between) is 109.581925181783 #ss(within) is 27.5035727619943> lab2(dat1$Group,dat1$Val,dat1) #df(between) is 2 #df(within) is 27 #ss(between) is 109.5819 #ss(within) is 27.50357 A.K. 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? ______________________________________________ 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.