Yes [1], though most people use it interactively, e.g. ?cat ?sprintf
[1] https://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html On June 24, 2018 4:31:40 PM PDT, Simon Ellis <sel...@vassar.edu> wrote: >Thank you for your reply. > >At the moment, my colleague and her students are just using >zero-dimensional variables for output, no vectors or matrices, which >does >make my life easier. > >Since my code-glue parses through the scripts' code to substitute >variables >as required, I could code a command to cause my system to emit a line >to >get R to print something I could use. > >I am sure this is a dumb question, but is there a reference manual for >R >available online? > >On 24 June 2018 at 16:14, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >wrote: > >> Yes and no. R does not have a "Matlab-output-compatibility" mode, but >you >> can write your script to output anything you want it to using the >"cat" >> function with various functions like "sprintf" and "as.character". >You may >> want to write some functions that format some common objects that you >> typically output. Then just make sure to use those functions instead >of the >> standard "put an object alone on a line" method of printing. >> >> On June 24, 2018 11:00:51 AM PDT, Simon Ellis <sel...@vassar.edu> >wrote: >> >Hullo, >> > >> >I'm writing a piece of scripting glue for a colleague who is doing >> >computations in several different languages. (It's the most >convenient >> >way, >> >right now.) My system calls the relevant program (e.g. Rstudio, >MATLAB) >> >with a path to a script, captures stdout and parses it for output >> >variables, which it stores in its own environment for use later on. >> > >> >This is easy with MATLAB, since it writes back the variable name >with >> >its >> >value, e.g.: >> > >> >> freq = {somefunction}() >> >freq = >> > >> > <value> >> > >> >All I have to do is look for lines with '=' on the end, then grab >the >> >next >> >section of non-empty lines as the binding for the variable. Boom. >> > >> >With Rscript, if I write something like this: >> > >> >Rscript -e "a = (2 + 2)" -e "a" >> > >> >it prints >> > >> >[1] 4 >> > >> >Is there any way to get R to print output similarly to MATLAB, in an >x >> >= y >> >format? >> > >> >I have other solutions in mind, but they're all kludgy and I'd >rather >> >not >> >have to. Please can someone save me from the kludge? :-D >> > >> >Thank you, >> > >> >~Simon Ellis >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
