quickPrint.R
# fields is a package for analysis of spatial data written for
# the R software environment .
# Copyright (C) 2017
# University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
# Contact: Douglas Nychka, nychka@ucar.edu,
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quickPrint<- function( obj, max.values=10){
# this simple function will only print an object if
# it is not too big
if( is.list( obj)){
sizeObj<- length( unlist( obj))
}
else{
sizeObj<-length( c( obj))
}
if( sizeObj<= max.values){
print(obj)
}
else{
cat("Object size is more than", max.values,"items (", sizeObj, "total)", fill=TRUE)
}
}