table.dots: To pad dots (or other text) to tables for improved...

In claus-e-andersen/clanTools: R functions of general use for data analysis and presentation

To pad dots (or other text) to tables for improved readability.

Description

Objective: To pad dots (or other text) to tables for improved readability. See also: table.dots.vec and substring.with.dots. Sample call:

table.dots("k.elec",N=40,before=!FALSE,st=".",st.space=" ")

table.dots("k.elec",N=40,before=FALSE,st="Error ",st.space=" = ")

Produces this output:

[1] "................................. k.elec"

[1] "k.elec = Error Error Error Error Error E"

Usage

table.dots("k.elec",N=40,before=!FALSE,st=".",st.space=" ")

Arguments

txt	A single string (not a vector).
N	number of dots (e.g. 40).
before	should be set to TRUE if the dots should preceed the txt.
st	is the dot-string (e.g. ".").
st.space	(e.g. " = ").

Value

string vector

Author(s)

Claus E. Andersen

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