Can't say this appeals to me, but sprintf would make a difference:
apply(
mat,1,
function(x) {
x[is.na(x)] <-""
cat(paste(sprintf("%16s",x)),"\n")
})
On June 12, 2021 9:24:51 AM PDT, Jeremie Juste <jeremieju...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to print a razor thin front-end using just text matrices and
>the command prompt.
>
>I admit that it is a bit crazy, it seems to do the job and is very
>quick
>to implement... Except that I don't know of to fix the layout.
>
>I'm just seeking to map column names to a standard domain in an
>interactive way.
>
>For instance, at one iteration, the following matrix is produced:
>
>mat <- structure(c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
>NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g",
>"h", "i", "j", NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
>NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "n_missing:", "n_unique:", "freq:",
>NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "0", "10", NA, "a", "1", NA, NA,
>NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "b", "1", NA, NA, "best match: [1]:",
>NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, "c", "1", NA, NA, "foo", NA, NA, NA, NA,
>NA, "d", "1", NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), .Dim = c(10L, 10L))
>
>
>which I represent in the console using the following command
>
>
> apply(
> mat,1,
> function(x) {
> x[is.na(x)] <-""
> cat(x,"\n")
> })
>
>Do you have any suggestion for how can I have better control on the
>print layout of the matrix so that I can fix the width of each cell?
>
>Best regards,
--
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
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