spc {NCmisc} | R Documentation |
Print a character a specified number of times.
Description
Returns 'char' X_i number of times for each element i of X. Useful for padding for alignment purposes.
Usage
spc(X, char = " ")
Arguments
X |
numeric vector of number of repeats |
char |
The character to repeat (longer will be shortened) |
Value
returns vectors of strings of char, lengths X
Author(s)
Nicholas Cooper njcooper@gmx.co.uk
See Also
Examples
cat(paste(spc(9),"123\n"))
cat(paste(spc(8),"1234\n"))
spc(c(1:5),".")
[Package NCmisc version 1.2.0 Index]