Capture output to console — capture

Evaluates code in a special context in which all output is captured, similar to capture.output().

capture_output(code, print = FALSE, width = 80)

capture_output_lines(code, print = FALSE, width = 80)

testthat_print(x)

Arguments

code: Code to evaluate.
print: If TRUE and the result of evaluating code is visible, print the result using testthat_print().
width: Number of characters per line of output. This does not inherit from getOption("width") so that tests always use the same output width, minimising spurious differences.

Value

capture_output() returns a single string. capture_output_lines()returns a character vector with one entry for each line

Details

Results are printed using the testthat_print() generic, which defaults to print(), giving you the ability to customise the printing of your object in tests, if needed.

Examples

capture_output({
  cat("Hi!\n")
  cat("Bye\n")
})
#> [1] "Hi!\nBye"

capture_output_lines({
  cat("Hi!\n")
  cat("Bye\n")
})
#> [1] "Hi!" "Bye"

capture_output("Hi")
#> [1] ""
capture_output("Hi", print = TRUE)
#> [1] "[1] \"Hi\""