How to do printf in r?

Question

I\'m looking for how to do printf in r, ie I want to type:

printf(\"hello %d\\n\", 56 )

and get the same output as typing:

Answer 1

If you want a function that does print(sprintf(...)), define a function that does that.

printf <- function(...)print(sprintf(...))


printf("hello %d\n", 56)
## [1] "hello 56\n"
 d <- printf("hello %d\n", 56)
## [1] "hello 56\n"
d
## [1] "hello 56\n"