string_repr {lgr}

Short string representation for R objects

Description

This is inspired by the python function repr and produces a short string representation of any R object that is suitable for logging and error messages. It is a generic so you can implement methods for custom S3 objects.

Usage

string_repr(x, width = 32, ...)

## S3 method for class ''function''
string_repr(x, width = 32L, ...)

## S3 method for class 'data.frame'
string_repr(x, width = 32L, ...)

## S3 method for class 'matrix'
string_repr(x, width = 32L, ...)

## Default S3 method:
string_repr(x, width = 32L, ...)

Arguments

x

Any R object.

width

a scalar integer

...

passed on to methods

Value

a scalar character

Examples

string_repr(iris)
string_repr(LETTERS)
string_repr(LETTERS, 10)