noquote {base}R Documentation

Class for “no quote” Printing of Character Strings

Description

Print character strings without quotes.

Usage

noquote(obj)
## S3 method for class 'noquote':
print(x, ...)

Arguments

obj any R object, typically a vector of character strings.
x an object of class "noquote".
... further options for print.

Details

noquote returns its argument as an object of class "noquote". There is a subscript method ("[.noquote") which ensures that the class is not lost by subsetting. The print method (print.noquote) prints character stringss without quotes ("...").

These functions exist both as utilities and as an example of using class and object orientation.

Author(s)

Martin Maechler maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch

See Also

methods, class, print.

Examples

letters
nql <- noquote(letters)
nql
nql[1:4] <- "oh"
nql[1:12]

cmp.logical <- function(log.v)
{
  ## Purpose: compact printing of logicals
  log.v <- as.logical(log.v)
  noquote(if(length(log.v)==0)"()" else c(".","|")[1+log.v])
}
cmp.logical(runif(20) > 0.8)
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