| txtProgressBar {utils} | R Documentation | 
Text Progress Bar
Description
Text progress bar in the R console.
Usage
txtProgressBar(min = 0, max = 1, initial = 0, char = "=",
               width = NA, title, label, style = 1)
getTxtProgressBar(pb)
setTxtProgressBar(pb, value, title = NULL, label = NULL)
## S3 method for class 'txtProgressBar'
close(con, ...)
Arguments
| min,max | (finite) numeric values for the extremes of the progress bar. | 
| initial,value | initial or new value for the progress bar. | 
| char | the character (or character string) to form the progress bar. | 
| width | the width of the progress bar, as a multiple of the width
of  | 
| style | the ‘style’ of the bar – see ‘Details’. | 
| pb,con | an object of class  | 
| title,label | ignored, for compatibility with other progress bars. | 
| ... | for consistency with the generic. | 
Details
txtProgressBar will display a progress bar on the R console
via a text representation.
setTxtProgessBar will update the value.  Missing
(NA) and out-of-range values of value will be
(silently) ignored.
The progress bar should be closed when finished with: this
outputs the final newline character.
style = 1 and style = 2 just shows a line of
char. They differ in that style = 2 redraws the line
each time, which is useful if other code might be writing to the R
console.  style = 3 marks the end of the range by | and
gives a percentage to the right of the bar.
Value
For txtProgressBar an object of class "txtProgressBar".
For getTxtProgressBar and setTxtProgressBar, a
length-one numeric vector giving the previous value (invisibly for
setTxtProgressBar).
Note
Using style 2 or 3 or reducing the value with style = 1
uses ‘\r’ to return to the left margin – the interpretation of
carriage return is up to the terminal or console in which R is running.
See Also
tkProgressBar
Examples
 # slow
testit <- function(x = sort(runif(20)), ...)
{
    pb <- txtProgressBar(...)
    for(i in c(0, x, 1)) {Sys.sleep(0.5); setTxtProgressBar(pb, i)}
    Sys.sleep(1)
    close(pb)
}
testit()
testit(runif(10))
testit(style=3)