R: Text Progress Bar

txtProgressBar {utils} | R Documentation

## Text Progress Bar

### Description

Text progress bar in the R console.

### Usage

    txtProgressBar(min = 0, max = 1, initial = 0, char = "=",
                   width = NA, title, label, style = 1, file = "")

    getTxtProgressBar(pb)
    setTxtProgressBar(pb, value, title = NULL, label = NULL)
    ## S3 method for class 'txtProgressBar'
    close(con, ...)

### Arguments

`min, max` | (finite) numeric values for the extremes of the progress bar. Must have `min < max`.
`initial, value` | initial or new value for the progress bar. See ‘Details’ for what happens with invalid values.
`char` | the character (or character string) to form the progress bar.
`width` | the width of the progress bar, as a multiple of the width of `char`. If `NA`, the default, the number of characters is that which fits into `getOption("width")`.
`style` | the ‘style’ of the bar – see ‘Details’.
`file` | an open connection object or `""` which indicates the console: `stderr()` might be useful here.
`pb, con` | an object of class `"txtProgressBar"`.
`title, label` | ignored, for compatibility with other progress bars.
`...` | for consistency with the generic.

### Details

`txtProgressBar` will display a progress bar on the R console (or a connection) via a text representation.

`setTxtProgessBar` will update the value. Missing (`NA`) and out-of-range values of `value` will be (silently) ignored. (Such values of `initial` cause the progress bar not to be displayed until a valid value is set.)

The progress bar should be `close`d when finished with: this outputs the final newline character.

`style = 1` and `style = 2` just shows a line of `char`. They differ in that `style = 2` redraws the line each time, which is useful if other code might be writing to the R console. `style = 3` marks the end of the range by `|` and gives a percentage to the right of the bar.

### Value

For `txtProgressBar` an object of class `"txtProgressBar"`.

For `getTxtProgressBar` and `setTxtProgressBar`, a length-one numeric vector giving the previous value (invisibly for `setTxtProgressBar`).

### Note

Using `style` 2 or 3 or reducing the value with `style = 1` uses \r to return to the left margin – the interpretation of carriage return is up to the terminal or console in which R is running, and this is liable to produce ugly output on a connection other than a terminal, including when `stdout()` is redirected to a file.

### See Also

`tkProgressBar`.

Windows versions of R also have `winProgressBar`.

### Examples

     # slow
    testit <- function(x = sort(runif(20)), ...)
    {
        pb <- txtProgressBar(...)
        for(i in c(0, x, 1)) {Sys.sleep(0.5); setTxtProgressBar(pb, i)}
        Sys.sleep(1)
        close(pb)
    }
    testit()
    testit(runif(10))
    testit(style=3)

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