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R: String handling functions

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String handling functions

Description

Private functions for conveniently working with strings.

Usage

  string(text,file="",append=FALSE)
  ## S3 method for class 'string'
print(x,...)
  ## S3 method for class 'string'
x + y
  as.string(x,file="",append=FALSE)
  is.string(x)

Arguments

`text`	A character object.
`file`	Name of the file that should receive the printed string.
`append`	Should the printed string be appended to the file?
`x`	A `string` object.
`y`	A `string` object.
`...`	Additional arguments. (Currently ignored.)

Details

These functions are private functions used by print.xtable. They are not intended to be used elsewhere.

Author(s)

David Dahl dahl@stat.byu.edu with contributions and suggestions from many others (see source code).