[R] R equivalent of Python str()?

R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> michael.weylandt at gmail.com
Wed Feb 8 02:23:57 CET 2012


Possibly as.character() is what the OP was seeking

Michael

On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:15 PM, jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com> wrote:

> ?dump
> ?dput
> 
> 2012/2/7 Ernest Adrogué <nfdisco at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I was wondering if there's a function in R that is meant to return a
>> string representation of an object. Basically, it's like print() but
>> it doesn't print anything, it only returns a string.
>> 
>> I know there's a str() function but it's not quite the same. I mean a
>> function that returns the same string that print() would display.
>> 
>> --
>> Bye,
>> Ernest
>> 
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