truncMessage: truncate message parts

In berryFunctions: Function Collection Related to Plotting and Hydrology

truncate message parts

Description

truncate long vectors for messages

Usage

truncMessage(
  x,
  ntrunc = 3,
  prefix = "s",
  midfix = " ",
  altnix = "'",
  sep = ", "
)

Arguments

x	Character vector
ntrunc	Integer: number of elements printed before truncation. DEFAULT: 3
prefix	Character: Prefix added if length(x)>1. DEFAULT: "s"
midfix	Character: string added after prefix OR before first altnix. DEFAULT: " "
altnix	Character: Alternative string padded around x if length(x)==1. DEFAULT: "'"
sep	Character: Separator between elements. DEFAULT: ", "

Value

Character string

Author(s)

Berry Boessenkool, [e-mail], Nov 2016

See Also

message

Examples

truncMessage("hi")
message("listing name", truncMessage(       "hi"      ), ".")
message("listing name", truncMessage(paste0("hi",1:10)), ".")
truncMessage(paste0("hi",1:10), ntrunc=1)
truncMessage(paste0("hi",1:10), ntrunc=2, prefix="", midfix="")
truncMessage(paste0("hi",1:10), ntrunc=8, prefix="files _ ")

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