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toString Converts its Argument to a Character String
Description
This is a helper function for format. It converts its argument
to a string. If the argument is a vector then its elements are
concatenated with a , as a separator.
Most methods should honor the width argument.
Usage
toString(x, ...)
## Default S3 method:
toString(x, width, ...)
Arguments
x |
The object to be converted. |
width |
The returned value has at most |
... |
Optional arguments for methods. |
Details
The default method returns the first width - 4 characters of
the result with .... appended, if the full result would use
more than width characters.
Value
A character vector of length 1 is returned.
Author(s)
Robert Gentleman
See Also
format
Examples
x <- c("a", "b", "aaaaaaaaaaa")
toString(x)
toString(x, width=8)