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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Romain Neugebauer wrote: [Comments removed about how you didn't know how to use VC++, a compiler we don't recommend but for which e.g. `S Programming' has extensive examples.] > I this more complex package, I use several calls to "printf" in the C > program of that package. I also use "cat" calls in the R function of the > package. It turns out that all calls to "cat" work without problem > whereas calls to "printf" always fail (i.e. nothing is displayed in R). > What is also interesting is that the calls to "printf" are however all > displayed after I quit R. So it looks like it is R that does not allow > my C program to display text on the standard output. This is very > surprising because the simple package "test" I described above does work > just fine even though it also uses "printf" calls. The answer to your question is `use Rprintf'. Please read `Writing R Extensions', carefully, and you will be less surprised. Reading the rw-FAQ would help, too. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
