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\name{renderText}
\alias{renderText}
\title{Text Output}
\usage{
renderText(expr, env = parent.frame(), quoted = FALSE,
func = NULL)
}
\arguments{
\item{expr}{An expression that returns an R object that
can be used as an argument to \code{cat}.}
\item{env}{The environment in which to evaluate
\code{expr}.}
\item{quoted}{Is \code{expr} a quoted expression (with
\code{quote()})? This is useful if you want to save an
expression in a variable.}
\item{func}{A function that returns an R object that can
be used as an argument to \code{cat}.(deprecated; use
\code{expr} instead).}
}
\description{
Makes a reactive version of the given function that also
uses \code{\link[base]{cat}} to turn its result into a
single-element character vector.
}
\details{
The corresponding HTML output tag can be anything (though
\code{pre} is recommended if you need a monospace font
and whitespace preserved) and should have the CSS class
name \code{shiny-text-output}.
The result of executing \code{func} will passed to
\code{cat}, inside a \code{\link[utils]{capture.output}}
call.
}
\examples{
isolate({
# renderPrint captures any print output, converts it to a string, and
# returns it
visFun <- renderPrint({ "foo" })
visFun()
# '[1] "foo"'
invisFun <- renderPrint({ invisible("foo") })
invisFun()
# ''
multiprintFun <- renderPrint({
print("foo");
"bar"
})
multiprintFun()
# '[1] "foo"\\n[1] "bar"'
nullFun <- renderPrint({ NULL })
nullFun()
# 'NULL'
invisNullFun <- renderPrint({ invisible(NULL) })
invisNullFun()
# ''
vecFun <- renderPrint({ 1:5 })
vecFun()
# '[1] 1 2 3 4 5'
# Contrast with renderText, which takes the value returned from the function
# and uses cat() to convert it to a string
visFun <- renderText({ "foo" })
visFun()
# 'foo'
invisFun <- renderText({ invisible("foo") })
invisFun()
# 'foo'
multiprintFun <- renderText({
print("foo");
"bar"
})
multiprintFun()
# 'bar'
nullFun <- renderText({ NULL })
nullFun()
# ''
invisNullFun <- renderText({ invisible(NULL) })
invisNullFun()
# ''
vecFun <- renderText({ 1:5 })
vecFun()
# '1 2 3 4 5'
})
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{renderPrint}} for capturing the print output
of a function, rather than the returned text value.
}