R help - Sep 2010 - can I add line breaks to the paste() function?

Can I add a line break to the paste() function to return the following:

'this is the first line'
'this is the second line'

instead of
'this is the first line this is the second line'

?

Hello,

Although on the surface a simple request,
I think you need to be more specific.

?paste returns a character vector. The first question
is: do you want a character vector of length 1 or 2?

It sounds like you're trying to format text for display
on screen or on a graphics device.  Perhaps you're
hoping to use ?cat instead with the sep argument set to
"\n" ?

David LeBauer wrote:
> Can I add a line break to the paste() function to return the following:
> 
> 'this is the first line'
> 'this is the second line'
> 
> instead of
> 'this is the first line this is the second line'
> 
> ?
> 
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Try using cat instead.  Then "\n" is the new line character.

E.g.
 cat("1st line\n2nd line\n")

Jeremy




On 30 September 2010 13:30, David LeBauer <dlebauer at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Can I add a line break to the paste() function to return the following:
>
> 'this is the first line'
> 'this is the second line'
>
> instead of
> 'this is the first line this is the second line'
>
> ?
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at 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.
>


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Jeremy Miles
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