# fields  is a package for analysis of spatial data written for
# the R software environment .
# Copyright (C) 2018
# University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
# Contact: Douglas Nychka, nychka@ucar.edu,
# National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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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)
	}
}