R: C-style formatted output

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## C-style formatted output

### Description

C-style formatted output.

### Usage

    ## Default S3 method:
    printf(fmt, ..., sep="", file="")

### Arguments

`fmt` | A `character` vector of format strings. See same argument for `sprintf`().
`...` | Additional arguments `sprintf`().
`sep` | A `character` `vector` of strings to append after each element.
`file` | A `connection`, or a `character` of a file to print to. See same argument for `cat`().

### Value

Returns nothing.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### See Also

For C-style formatting of `character` strings, see `sprintf`().

### Examples

      cat("Hello world\n")
      printf("Hello world\n")

      x <- 1.23
      cat(sprintf("x=%.2f\n", x))
      printf("x=%.2f\n", x)

      y <- 4.56
      cat(sprintf(c("x=%.2f\n", "y=%.2f\n"), c(x,y)), sep="")
      printf(c("x=%.2f\n", "y=%.2f\n"), c(x,y))

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]