Hi I came across this strange bug the other day, I'm not sure how to solve it and I wonder if anyone can even replicate it.
Using OS Ubuntu 7.10 Step 1) Make an R package using the package.skeleton() command with only these two functions: error <- function(){ cmd <- paste(" -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " –a ",1,sep="") cat(cmd,"\n") } noerror <- function(){ cmd <- paste(" -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1, " -a ",1," -a ",1," -a ",1,sep="") cat(cmd,"\n") } Step 2) Start R again. Load the package with library() and run the commands: error() noerror() I get the following output: > > library(errors) > error() -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 <e2><80><93>a 1 > noerror() -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 -a 1 > Now why does that "<e2><80><93>" replace one of the "-" in the first command? Any ideas? Cheers Tom -- Thomas Allen Department of Biochemistry University of Otago email1: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email2: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (+64)3 479 5123 Mobile: 027 321 4269 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.