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Print the Argument to the Screen in R Programming - print() Function

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print() function in R Language is used to print out the argument to the screen.
Syntax: print(x, digits, na.print) Parameters: x: specified argument to be displayed digits: defines minimal number of significant digits na.print: indicates NA values output format
Example 1: Python3
# R program to illustrate
# print function

# Creating a data frame
x <- cars[1:5, ]

# Calling the print() function
# to print the above data frame
print(x)
Output:
  speed dist
1     4    2
2     4   10
3     7    4
4     7   22
5     8   16
Example 2: Python3
# R program to illustrate
# print function

# Initializing a number
x <- 15 / 7

# Calling the print() function
# using digits parameter
print(x, digits = 2)
print(x, digits = 3)
print(x, digits = 4)
Output:
[1] 2.1
[1] 2.14
[1] 2.143 
Example 3: Python3
# R program to illustrate
# print function

# Creating a matrix
x <- matrix(c(2, NA, 5, NA, 8, NA, 22, 67, 43),
               nrow = 3, byrow = TRUE)

# Calling the print() function
# using na.print parameter
print(x, na.print = "")
Output:
     [, 1] [, 2] [, 3]
[1, ]    2         5
[2, ]         8     
[3, ]   22   67   43

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