string.bounding.box {Hmisc} | R Documentation |
Determine Dimensions of Strings
Description
This determines the number of rows and maximum number of columns of each string in a vector.
Usage
string.bounding.box(string, type = c("chars", "width"))
Arguments
string |
vector of strings |
type |
character: whether to count characters or screen columns |
Value
rows |
vector containing the number of character rows in each string |
columns |
vector containing the maximum number of character columns in each string |
Author(s)
Charles Dupont
See Also
Examples
a <- c("this is a single line string", "This is a\nmulti-line string")
stringDims(a)
[Package Hmisc version 5.1-3 Index]