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<h2>Display debugging text</h2>


<h3>Description</h3>

<p>
If <code>getOption('DEBUG')==TRUE</code>, write text to STDOUT and flush so
that the text is immediatly displayed. Otherwise, do nothing.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
scat(...)
</pre>


<h3>Arguments</h3>

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<tr valign="top"><td><code>...</code></td>
<td>
Arguments passed to <code>cat</code></td></tr>
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<h3>Value</h3>

<p>
NULL (invisibly)</p>

<h3>Author(s)</h3>

<p>
Gregory R. Warnes <a href="mailto:warnes@bst.rochester.edu">warnes@bst.rochester.edu</a>
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p>
<code><a href="../../base/html/cat.html">cat</a></code>
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
options(DEBUG=NULL) # makee sure DEBUG isn't set
scat("Not displayed")

options(DEBUG=TRUE)
scat("This will be displayed immediately (even in R BATCH output \n")
scat("files), provided options()$DEBUG is TRUE.")
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