[R] cat function within a loop

[Uwe Ligges]

Tatsuki Koyama wrote:

> I have a 'cat' function within a for loop.
> I would like it to print out the result everytime it goes through the
> for loop so that I can monitor the progress, but it only prints out
> (execute the cat function) once at the very end of the for loop.
> A simple example:
> 
> for(i in 1:100000){
> 	cat(i, '\n')
> }
> 
> What should I do in order for the cat function to be executed
> everytime it goes thorough the for loop?

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Uwe Ligges


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