Examples for 'R.utils::hpaste.default'

### ** Examples


# Some vectors
x <- 1:6
y <- 10:1
z <- LETTERS[x]

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# Abbreviation of output vector
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printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x))

## x = 1, 2, 3, ..., 6.

printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=2))

## x = 1, 2, ..., 6.

printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=3)) # Default

## x = 1, 2, 3, ..., 6.

# It will never output 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 6
printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=4))

## x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

# Showing the tail
printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=1, maxTail=2))

## x = 1, ..., 5, 6.

# Turning off abbreviation
printf("y = %s.\n", hpaste(y, maxHead=Inf))

## y = 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

## ...or simply
printf("y = %s.\n", paste(y, collapse=", "))

## y = 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1


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# Adding a special separator before the last element
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# Change last separator
printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, lastCollapse=", and "))

## x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.



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# Backward compatibility with paste()
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s1 <- hpaste(x, maxHead=Inf)
s2 <- paste(x, collapse=", ")
printf("s = %s.\n", s1);

stopifnot(identical(s1, s2))

s1 <- hpaste('<', x, '>', maxHead=Inf)
s2 <- paste('<', x, '>', sep="", collapse=", ")
printf("s = %s.\n", s1);

stopifnot(identical(s1, s2))

s1 <- hpaste(x, y, z, sep="/", maxHead=Inf)
s2 <- paste(x, y, z, sep="/", collapse=", ")
printf("s = %s.\n", s1);

stopifnot(identical(s1, s2))

s1 <- hpaste(x, collapse=NULL, maxHead=Inf)
s2 <- paste(x, collapse=NULL)
stopifnot(identical(s1, s2))