Print string and variable contents on the same line in R

Question

You can use paste with print

print(paste0("Current working dir: ", wd))

or cat

cat("Current working dir: ", wd)

{glue} offers much better string interpolation, see my other answer. Also, as Dainis rightfully mentions, sprintf() is not without problems.

There's also sprintf():

sprintf("Current working dir: %s", wd)

To print to the console output, use cat() or message():

cat(sprintf("Current working dir: %s\n", wd))
message(sprintf("Current working dir: %s\n", wd))

Or using message

message("Current working dir: ", wd)

@agstudy's answer is the more suitable here

Easiest way to do this is to use paste()

> paste("Today is", date())
[1] "Today is Sat Feb 21 15:25:18 2015"

paste0() would result in the following:

> paste0("Today is", date())
[1] "Today isSat Feb 21 15:30:46 2015"

Notice there is no default seperator between the string and x. Using a space at the end of the string is a quick fix:

> paste0("Today is ", date())
[1] "Today is Sat Feb 21 15:32:17 2015"

Then combine either function with print()

> print(paste("This is", date()))
[1] "This is Sat Feb 21 15:34:23 2015"

Or

> print(paste0("This is ", date()))
[1] "This is Sat Feb 21 15:34:56 2015"

As other users have stated, you could also use cat()

The {glue} package offers string interpolation. In the example, {wd} is substituted with the contents of the variable. Complex expressions are also supported.

library(glue)

wd <- getwd()
glue("Current working dir: {wd}")
#> Current working dir: /tmp/RtmpteMv88/reprex46156826ee8c

^{Created on 2019-05-13 by the reprex package (v0.2.1)}

Note how the printed output doesn't contain the [1] artifacts and the " quotes, for which other answers use cat().