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More illustrative example of fill
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Expand Up @@ -152,12 +152,16 @@ cat(month.name[1:4], sep = "")
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The argument `fill` allows us to break long strings; this is achieved when we
specify the string width with an integer number:
specify the string width with an integer number (or the default set by options()):

```{r cat_ex5}
# fill = 30
options(width=79)
print(options('width'))
cat("Loooooooooong strings", "can be displayed", "in a nice format",
"by using the 'fill' argument", fill = 30)
"by using the 'fill' argument", fill = T)
# fill = 40
cat("Loooooooooong strings", "can be displayed", "in a nice format",
"by using the 'fill' argument", fill = 40)
```

Last but not least, we can specify a file output in `cat()`. For instance,
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