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\name{print.data.frame}
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\name{print.data.frame}
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\title{Printing Data Frames}
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\title{Printing Data Frames}
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\alias{print.data.frame}
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\alias{print.data.frame}
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\description{
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\description{
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  These functions create or manipulate data frames, tightly coupled
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  collections of variables which share many of the properties of
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  matrices and of lists, used as the fundamental data structure by most
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  of \R's modeling software.
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  Print a data frame.
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}
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}
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\usage{
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\usage{
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\method{print}{data.frame}(x, \dots, digits = NULL, quote = FALSE, right = TRUE)
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\method{print}{data.frame}(x, \dots, digits = NULL, quote = FALSE, right = TRUE)
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}
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}
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\arguments{
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\arguments{
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  \item{x}{object of class \code{data.frame}.}
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  \item{x}{object of class \code{data.frame}.}
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  \item{\dots}{optional arguments to \code{print} or \code{plot} methods.}
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  \item{\dots}{optional arguments to \code{print} or \code{plot} methods.}
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  \item{digits}{the minimum number of significant digits to be used.}
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  \item{digits}{the minimum number of significant digits to be used.}
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  \item{quote}{logical, indicating whether or not strings
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  \item{quote}{logical, indicating whether or not entries should be
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    (\code{\link{character}}s) should be printed with surrounding quotes.}
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    printed with surrounding quotes.}
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  \item{right}{logical, indicating whether or not strings should be
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  \item{right}{logical, indicating whether or not strings should be
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    right-aligned. The default is left-alignment.}
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    right-aligned. The default is left-alignment.}
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}
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}
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\value{
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\details{
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  For the \code{\link{print}} method (\code{print.data.frame}), see
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  This calls \code{\link{format}} which formats the data frame
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  column-by-column, then converts to a character matrix and dispatches
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  \code{\link{print.matrix}}.
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  to the \code{print} method for matrices.
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}
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  When \code{quote = TRUE} only the entries are quoted not the row names
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  nor the column names.
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}
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}
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\seealso{
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\seealso{
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  \code{\link{data.frame}}.
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  \code{\link{data.frame}}.
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}
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}
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\keyword{print}
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\keyword{print}