insert text with R Code in markdown

Question

I use the code below to insert text in rmarkdown.

```{r, results='asis', echo=FALSE, warning=FALSE, message=FALSE} 
  cat("#", "We", "\n")
```

It worked well and gave me the output

# We

However, when I inserted some R code in this chunk like:

```{r, results='asis', echo=FALSE, warning=FALSE, message=FALSE} 
x <- 1:100
mean(x)
cat("#", "We", "\n") 
}
```

then it gave me the output:

# [1] 50.5 # We

In this case, We was no longer a header.

Just put cat('\n') by itself between mean(x) and cat('#', ... ). I'm not wholly sure why it works, but it works. — alistaire
– alistaire, Commented Feb 10, 2016 at 2:20

CL. · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-02 07:02:53Z

5

As opposed to print, cat doesn't start a new line. As # only indicates a section header when it is placed at the beginning of a line, an additional \n is required in front of #:

cat("\n# We\n")

edited May 2, 2016 at 7:02

answered Feb 10, 2016 at 14:58

CL.

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