Printing out to the Screen or to a File in R Programming - cat() Function Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes 1 Likes Like Report cat() function in R Language is used to print out to the screen or to a file. Syntax: cat(..., file = "", sep = " ", fill = FALSE, labels = NULL, append = FALSE)Parameters: ...: atomic vectors, names, NULL and objects with no output file: the file in which printing will be done sep: specified separator fill: If fill=TRUE, a new line will be printed, otherwise not labels: specified labels Example 1: Python3 # R program to illustrate # cat function # Creating some string and print it x <- "GeeksforGeeks\n" y <- "Geeks\n" # Calling cat() function cat(x) cat(y) # Creating a sequence from 1 to 9 x <- 1:9 # Calling cat() function cat(x, sep =" + ") cat("\n") cat(x, sep =" / ") Output: GeeksforGeeks Geeks 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 Example 2: Python3 # R program to illustrate # cat function # Creating a sequence from 1 to 9 x <- 1:9 # Calling cat() function # fill value TRUE will print # a new line cat(x, sep =" + ", fill = TRUE) cat(x, sep =" / ", fill = FALSE) # Printing new line cat("\n") # Each number from 1 to 9 will be # assigned with alphabets a to i cat(x, fill = 2, labels = paste("(", letters[1:9], "):")) Output: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 ( a ): 1 ( b ): 2 ( c ): 3 ( d ): 4 ( e ): 5 ( f ): 6 ( g ): 7 ( h ): 8 ( i ): 9 Comment K Kanchan_Ray Follow 1 Improve K Kanchan_Ray Follow 1 Improve Article Tags : R Language R-strings R String-Functions Explore R Tutorial | Learn R Programming Language 4 min read IntroductionR Programming Language - Introduction 4 min read Interesting Facts about R Programming Language 4 min read R vs Python 5 min read Environments in R Programming 3 min read Introduction to R Studio 4 min read How to Install R and R Studio? 4 min read Creation and Execution of R File in R Studio 5 min read Clear the Console and the Environment in R Studio 2 min read Hello World in R Programming 2 min read Fundamentals of RBasic Syntax in R Programming 3 min read Comments in R 3 min read R-Operators 5 min read R-Keywords 2 min read R-Data Types 5 min read VariablesR Variables - Creating, Naming and Using Variables in R 5 min read Scope of Variable in R 5 min read Dynamic Scoping in R Programming 5 min read Lexical Scoping in R Programming 4 min read Input/OutputTaking Input from User in R Programming 7 min read Printing Output of an R Program 4 min read Print the Argument to the Screen in R Programming - print() Function 2 min read Control FlowControl Statements in R Programming 4 min read Decision Making in R Programming - if, if-else, if-else-if ladder, nested if-else, and switch 3 min read Switch case in R 2 min read For loop in R 5 min read R - while loop 5 min read R - Repeat loop 2 min read goto statement in R Programming 2 min read Break and Next statements in R 3 min read FunctionsFunctions in R Programming 5 min read Function Arguments in R Programming 4 min read Types of Functions in R Programming 6 min read Recursive Functions in R Programming 4 min read Conversion Functions in R Programming 4 min read Data StructuresData Structures in R Programming 4 min read R Strings 6 min read R-Vectors 4 min read R-Lists 6 min read R - Array 7 min read R-Matrices 10 min read R-Factors 4 min read R-Data Frames 6 min read Object Oriented ProgrammingR-Object Oriented Programming 7 min read Classes in R Programming 3 min read R-Objects 3 min read Encapsulation in R Programming 3 min read Polymorphism in R Programming 6 min read R - Inheritance 7 min read Abstraction in R Programming 3 min read Looping over Objects in R Programming 5 min read S3 class in R Programming 8 min read Explicit Coercion in R Programming 3 min read Error HandlingHandling Errors in R Programming 3 min read Condition Handling in R Programming 5 min read Debugging in R Programming 3 min read Like