writeLines {base}R Documentation

Write Lines to a Connection

Description

Write text lines to a connection.

Usage

writeLines(text, con = stdout(), sep = "\n")

Arguments

text A character vector
con A connection object or a character string.
sep character. A string to be written to the connection after each line of text.

Details

If the con is a character string, the functions call file to obtain an file connection which is opened for the duration of the function call.

If the connection is open it is written from its current position. If it is not open, it is opened for the duration of the call and then closed again.

See Also

connection, readLines, cat