Rectangular output and column information

[arnold-c]

{paint} looks like a pretty neat solution to the problems you highlight, so thanks for making it. I was wondering if it would be enhanced by adding 2 features that could be used as arguments in paint() (with default value FALSE)?

• Rectangular output
  • Similar to print() etc, but maintaining the variables per row structure
  • Could make it easier for some to match values across variables
• Information about the variables
  • For example, below the data using a similar structure, display the levels of factors

[MilesMcBain]

Thanks for the ideas @arnold-c

I assume you mean rectangular output in transposed form with columns running left to right and rows running top to bottom? I probably won't do this. Since I didn't start out with this intention things in the package are very much geared to writing each column independently.

Variable information is interesting. I'd probably break that out into a separate method for starters, then maybe create a super paint that does data structure and a variable information summary.