R help - Apr 2013 - Is there a function that print a string vertically (by adding "\n")?

Hi,

  I'd like to print a string vertically. For example, I would like to print
"abcd" as  "a\nb\nc\nd"

  Is there a function in R such that

Input: "abcd"
Output: "a\nb\nc\nd"?

   Thanks,

Miao

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On Apr 29, 2013, at 6:41 PM, jpm miao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I'd like to print a string vertically. For example, I would like to
print
> "abcd" as  "a\nb\nc\nd"
> 
>  Is there a function in R such that
> 
> Input: "abcd"
> Output: "a\nb\nc\nd"?
> do.call( paste, list( strsplit("abcd", "")[[1]] ,
collapse="\\n"))
[1] "a\\nb\\nc\\nd"

Notice that I am refusing to acquiese by your request because I do not think you
understand how escaped characters are represented in R. (In programming the
customer is not always right.)

-- 

David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

Hi,
May be this helps:

?cat(paste(strsplit("abcd","")[[1]],collapse="\n"))
#a
#b
#c
#d 
A.K.


----- Original Message -----
From: jpm miao <miaojpm at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:41 PM
Subject: [R] Is there a function that print a string vertically (by adding
	"\n")?

Hi,

? I'd like to print a string vertically. For example, I would like to print
"abcd" as? "a\nb\nc\nd"

? Is there a function in R such that

Input: "abcd"
Output: "a\nb\nc\nd"?

?  Thanks,

Miao

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