Well, that depends whether the object has/inherits from a class for which there is a suitable method for head/tail and for printing the result. So I think your before-thought applies :-)
Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 12:42 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > > After-thought... > > Why not just use head() and tail() like normal R users do? > > On March 23, 2022 12:31:46 PM PDT, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > wrote: > >Sure. Re-define the print method for those objects. Can't say I recommend > >this, but it can be done. > > > >On March 23, 2022 11:44:01 AM PDT, Naresh Gurbuxani > ><naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>In an R session, when I type the name of an object, R prints the entire > >>object (for example, a 20000 x 5 data.frame). Is it possible to change the > >>default behavior so that only the first five and last five rows are printed? > >> > >>Similarly, if the object is a 20000 x 200 matrix, the default behavior will > >>be to print first five and last five columns, combined with first five and > >>last five rows. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Naresh > >>______________________________________________ > >>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. > > > > -- > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
