library("R.utils") # Some vectors x <- 1:6 y <- 10:1 z <- LETTERS[x] # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Abbreviation of output vector # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x)) ## x = 1, 2, 3, ..., 6. printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=2)) ## x = 1, 2, ..., 6. printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=3)) # Default ## x = 1, 2, 3, ..., 6. # It will never output 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 6 printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=4)) ## x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. # Showing the tail printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, maxHead=1, maxTail=2)) ## x = 1, ..., 5, 6. # Turning off abbreviation printf("y = %s.\n", hpaste(y, maxHead=Inf)) ## y = 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ## ...or simply printf("y = %s.\n", paste(y, collapse=", ")) ## y = 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Adding a special separator before the last element # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Change last separator printf("x = %s.\n", hpaste(x, lastCollapse=" and ")) ## x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Empty input # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - s <- hpaste(integer(0)) stopifnot(identical(s, character(0L))) s <- hpaste(integer(0), empty = "") stopifnot(identical(s, "")) s <- hpaste(integer(0), empty = NA_character_) stopifnot(identical(s, NA_character_)) # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Backward compatibility with paste() # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - s1 <- hpaste(x, maxHead=Inf) s2 <- paste(x, collapse=", ") printf("s = %s.\n", s1) stopifnot(identical(s1, s2)) s1 <- hpaste('<', x, '>', maxHead=Inf) s2 <- paste('<', x, '>', sep="", collapse=", ") printf("s = %s.\n", s1) stopifnot(identical(s1, s2)) s1 <- hpaste(x, y, z, sep="/", maxHead=Inf) s2 <- paste(x, y, z, sep="/", collapse=", ") printf("s = %s.\n", s1) stopifnot(identical(s1, s2)) s1 <- hpaste(x, collapse=NULL, maxHead=Inf) s2 <- paste(x, collapse=NULL) stopifnot(identical(s1, s2))