Print a result without a preceding square bracket in R

Question

x <- 5+2
print(x)
[1] 7

How to suppress [1] and only print 7? Similarly for characters:

y <- "comp"
print(y)
[1] "comp"

I want to remove both [1] and " ". Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

user_3732271 · Answer

With cat, it is possible

cat(x, '
')
7

Or for characters

cat(dQuote(letters[1], FALSE), '
')
"a"