String handling functions

Private functions for conveniently working with strings.

string(text,file="",append=FALSE)
  # S3 method for class 'string'
print(x,...)
  # S3 method for class 'string'
x + y
  as.string(x,file="",append=FALSE)
  is.string(x)

Arguments

text

A character object.

file

Name of the file that should receive the printed string.

append

Should the printed string be appended to the file?

x

A string object.

y

A string object.

...

Additional arguments. (Currently ignored.)

Details

These functions are private functions used by print.xtable. They are not intended to be used elsewhere.

Author

David Dahl dahl@stat.byu.edu with contributions and suggestions from many others (see source code).

See also

print.xtable