Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 5/15/2009 8:33 AM, deanj2k wrote: >> Hi everyone, can anyone tell me how i can change how i display >> mean(age), i >> want it to say The mean age of patients within the sample is mean(age) > > I think you want something like this: > > cat(sprintf("The mean age of patients within the sample is %.1f.\n", > mean(age))) >
or maybe cat(sprintf("The mean age of patients within the sample is %.1f.\n", round(mean(age), 1))) > Play with the %.1f format for more decimal places, etc. ... and be aware of excel bugs. vQ ______________________________________________ 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.