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invisible( list(table=xtb, elbat=btx) ) HTH, baptiste 2009/11/22 Soeren.Vogel <soeren.vo...@eawag.ch>: > I have created a function to do something: > > i <- factor(sample(c("A", "B", "C", NA), 793, rep=T, prob=c(8, 7, 5, 1))) > k <- factor(sample(c("X", "Y", "Z", NA), 793, rep=T, prob=c(12, 7, 9, 1))) > mytable <- function(x){ > xtb <- x > btx <- x > # do more with x, not relevant here > cat("The table has been created, see here:\n") > print(xtb) > list(table=xtb, elbat=btx) > } > tbl <- table(i, k) > mytable(tbl) # (1) > z <- mytable(tbl) # (2) > str(z) # (3) > > (1) Wanted: outputs the string and the table properly. *Unwanted*: outputs > the list elements. > > (2) and (3) Wanted: outputs the string properly. Wanted: assigns the list > properly. > > How can I get rid of the *unwanted* part? That is, how do I define what the > functions prints and -- on the other hand -- what it returns without printing? > > Thanks > > Sören > > -- > Sören Vogel, Dipl.-Psych. (Univ.), PhD-Student, Eawag, Dept. SIAM > http://www.eawag.ch, http://sozmod.eawag.ch > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.