hi,

Try making your last line

 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
>
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