4 messages · Roger Bivand, Uwe Ligges, Göran Broström
How do I print text strings to a given length, ie, if they are too long I want them truncated (from the end)?
format.char("123", width = 1)
does not do what I want, ie, "1". --- G?ran Brostr?m tel: +46 90 786 5223 Department of Statistics fax: +46 90 786 6614 Ume? University http://www.stat.umu.se/egna/gb/ SE-90187 Ume?, Sweden e-mail: gb at stat.umu.se
How do I print text strings to a given length, ie, if they are too long I want them truncated (from the end)?
format.char("123", width = 1)
?substr
substr("123", 1, 1)
does not do what I want, ie, "1". --- G?ran Brostr?m tel: +46 90 786 5223 Department of Statistics fax: +46 90 786 6614 Ume? University http://www.stat.umu.se/egna/gb/ SE-90187 Ume?, Sweden e-mail: gb at stat.umu.se
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Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Breiviksveien 40, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 93 93 e-mail: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no
How do I print text strings to a given length, ie, if they are too long I want them truncated (from the end)?
format.char("123", width = 1)
does not do what I want, ie, "1". --- G?ran Brostr?m tel: +46 90 786 5223 Department of Statistics fax: +46 90 786 6614 Ume? University http://www.stat.umu.se/egna/gb/ SE-90187 Ume?, Sweden e-mail: gb at stat.umu.se
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See ?substring Uwe Ligges
G?ran Brostr?m wrote:
How do I print text strings to a given length, ie, if they are too long I want them truncated (from the end)?
format.char("123", width = 1)
does not do what I want, ie, "1". --- G?ran Brostr?m tel: +46 90 786 5223 Department of Statistics fax: +46 90 786 6614 Ume? University http://www.stat.umu.se/egna/gb/ SE-90187 Ume?, Sweden e-mail: gb at stat.umu.se
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See ?substring
Oh yes, thanks to all who responded! G?ran