Message-ID: <20060317075119.9449E3FCAB@slim.kubism.ku.dk>
Date: 2006-03-17T07:51:19Z
From: Peter Dalgaard
Subject: sub returns garbage (PR#8687)
Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> writes:
> todd at baileywick.plus.com writes:
>
> > Full_Name: Todd Bailey
> > Version: 2.1
>
> Er, 2.2.1....
>
> > OS: Mac OS-X 10.4.3
> > Submission from: (NULL) (87.112.79.124)
> >
> >
> > sub returns garbage in some strings when replacing something with nothing and
> > fixed=TRUE. For example:
> >
> > > a=c('hello','hello'); sub('lo','',a,fixed=TRUE)
> > [1] "hel" "hel\0\0"
> > > a=c('hello','hello'); sub('lo','',a,fixed=FALSE)
> > [1] "hel" "hel"
>
> Confirmed on Linux & Windows. We've seen this symptom a few times
> before....
...and fixed it, apparently! (Thanks Marc.)
I claim XP braindamage -- I'm not Linuxifying my new ThinkPad until
FC5 is out.
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