On 4 Nov 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for a great suggestions. I guess the code you suggested would > look something like this:
Glad you found it useful. A quick note on a potentially serious problem: It seems entirely possibly that you split an instance of pattern in the buffer. That is, if you are searching for "right" you might read in "I have a ri" in the first read and then "ght to a trial by jury" in the second read. If you know the pattern you are looking for won't be split over multiple lines, you could use readLines instead of readChar. Depending on the application you could also read "words" or use some other info about the strucutre of the data you are reading to ensure you don't ever split a pattern across a read. + seth ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
