[R] how to print table with more columns per row?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

In some cases it may be sufficient to abbreviate the colnames:

> library(MASS); data(survey)
> head(survey)
     Sex Wr.Hnd NW.Hnd W.Hnd    Fold Pulse    Clap Exer Smoke Height      M.I
1 Female   18.5   18.0 Right  R on L    92    Left Some Never 173.00   Metric
2   Male   19.5   20.5  Left  R on L   104    Left None Regul 177.80 Imperial
3   Male   18.0   13.3 Right  L on R    87 Neither None Occas     NA     <NA>
4   Male   18.8   18.9 Right  R on L    NA Neither None Never 160.00   Metric
5   Male   20.0   20.0 Right Neither    35   Right Some Never 165.00   Metric
6 Female   18.0   17.7 Right  L on R    64   Right Some Never 172.72 Imperial
     Age
1 18.250
2 17.583
3 16.917
4 20.333
5 23.667
6 21.000
> local({ colnames(survey) <- abbreviate(colnames(survey), 3); head(survey)})
     Sex Wr.H  NW.  W.Hn     Fld Pls     Clp  Exr   Smk    Hgh      M.I    Age
1 Female 18.5 18.0 Right  R on L  92    Left Some Never 173.00   Metric 18.250
2   Male 19.5 20.5  Left  R on L 104    Left None Regul 177.80 Imperial 17.583
3   Male 18.0 13.3 Right  L on R  87 Neither None Occas     NA     <NA> 16.917
4   Male 18.8 18.9 Right  R on L  NA Neither None Never 160.00   Metric 20.333
5   Male 20.0 20.0 Right Neither  35   Right Some Never 165.00   Metric 23.667
6 Female 18.0 17.7 Right  L on R  64   Right Some Never 172.72 Imperial 21.000

On 7/20/06, ryszard.czerminski at novartis.com
<ryszard.czerminski at novartis.com> wrote:
> When printing a table it is broken at some point (depending how long are
> the associated names)
> >>> see example below.
>
> Is there a way to control number of columns being printed for a given
> chunk of the table?
>
> Best regards,
> Ryszard
>
> > z5
>        AAAAAAA BBBBBBB CCCCCCC DDDDDDD EEEEEEE FFFFFFF GGGGGGG HHHHHHH
> IIIIIII
> AAAAAAA    1.00   -0.69   -0.54   -0.88      NA      NA      NA      NA
> -0.88
> BBBBBBB   -0.69    1.00    0.65    0.82      NA      NA      NA       1
> 0.83
> CCCCCCC   -0.54    0.65    1.00    0.49      NA      NA      NA      NA
> 0.94
> DDDDDDD   -0.88    0.82    0.49    1.00      NA      NA      NA       1
> 0.90
> EEEEEEE      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
> NA
> FFFFFFF      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
> NA
> GGGGGGG      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
> NA
> HHHHHHH      NA    1.00      NA    1.00      NA      NA      NA       1
> NA
> IIIIIII   -0.88    0.83    0.94    0.90      NA      NA      NA      NA
> 1.00
> JJJJJJJ      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
> NA
> KKKKKKK    0.05    0.21    0.11   -0.11      NA      NA      NA       1
> NA
> LLLLLLL    0.73   -0.68   -0.16   -0.91      NA      NA      NA      -1
> -0.35
>        JJJJJJJ KKKKKKK LLLLLLL
> AAAAAAA      NA    0.05    0.73
> BBBBBBB      NA    0.21   -0.68
> CCCCCCC      NA    0.11   -0.16
> DDDDDDD      NA   -0.11   -0.91
> EEEEEEE      NA      NA      NA
> FFFFFFF      NA      NA      NA
> GGGGGGG      NA      NA      NA
> HHHHHHH      NA    1.00   -1.00
> IIIIIII      NA      NA   -0.35
> JJJJJJJ      NA      NA      NA
> KKKKKKK      NA    1.00    0.24
> LLLLLLL      NA    0.24    1.00
> >
>
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