print() and cat()

print() and cat()

print() displays an R object using its formatted representation, including quotes around strings and type-specific formatting. cat() concatenates and prints its arguments as raw text with no quotes, and is often used for cleaner, more readable output. Both are the primary ways to produce output in an R script.

Note: Use cat() when you want clean, human-readable output; use print() to see an object's full, unambiguous representation.

Example: print() and cat()

print("Hello, World!")
cat("Hello, World!\n")

x <- c(1, 2, 3)
print(x)
cat("Vector:", x, "\n")