[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Full_Name: Michael Bauer
> Version: 2.3.1
> OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7
> Submission from: (NULL) (131.130.124.155)
>
>
> > sessionInfo()
> Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
> powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils"
> [6] "datasets" "base"
> >
>
> sprintf("\p") doesn't show the backslash, this occurs with all strings that
> start with certain letters. There is however no explanation to this behavior.
> And there seems to be no way to get a guaranteed backslash in sprintf.
This is *not* a bug (it is also not a FAQ, although I'm beginning to
think it should be). Please read up on R's string handling, with
particular emphasis on the concept of escape characters.
> "\\p\n"
[1] "\\p\n"
> cat("\\p\n")
\p
> nchar("\\p\n")
[1] 3
Also, do not report things as bugs before you are 100% certain that
they are bugs.
--
O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B
c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K
(*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907
______________________________________________
R-devel@r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
