Modern R Programming Cookbook

Producing different output types and return values

Based on the requirement of the user, sometimes you may need to produce an output of different data types. You might need to perform a numeric calculation inside the function, but an output needs to display as a text or sometimes, the input is numeric but the output is a customized graph. There are several types of output that can be produced by creating customized function; also, the values of the output can be controlled. In this recipe, you will write a new function that can produce diffeent types of output.