CLI text

Write some text to the screen. This function is most appropriate for longer paragraphs. See cli_alert() for shorter status messages.

Usage

cli_text(..., .envir = parent.frame())

Arguments

...

The text to show, in character vectors. They will be concatenated into a single string. Newlines are not preserved.

.envir

Environment to evaluate the glue expressions in.

Details

Text wrapping

Text is wrapped to the console width, see console_width().

cli_text(cli:::lorem_ipsum())

New lines

A cli_text() call always appends a newline character to the end.

cli_text("First line.")
cli_text("Second line.")

Styling

You can use inline markup, as usual.

cli_text("The {.fn cli_text} function in the {.pkg cli} package.")

Interpolation

String interpolation via glue works as usual. Interpolated vectors are collapsed.

pos <- c(5, 14, 25, 26)
cli_text("We have {length(pos)} missing measurements: {pos}.")

Styling and interpolation

Use double braces to combine styling and string interpolation.

fun <- "cli-text"
pkg <- "cli"
cli_text("The {.fn {fun}} function in the {.pkg {pkg}} package.")

Multiple arguments

Arguments are concatenated.

cli_text(c("This ", "will ", "all "), "be ", "one ", "sentence.")

Containers

You can use cli_text() within cli containers.

ul <- cli_ul()
cli_li("First item.")
cli_text("Still the {.emph first} item")
cli_li("Second item.")
cli_text("Still the {.emph second} item")
cli_end(ul)