problem for strsplit function
I trust the escapes to do what they are designed to do. Cat the pattern to the console if you don't.
On July 7, 2021 10:36:43 PM PDT, Greg Minshall <minshall at umich.edu> wrote:
sub( "\\.[^.]*$", "", fname )
fwiw, i almost always use '[.]' in preference to '\\\\\\\\.', as it seems to be more likely to get through the various levels of quoting in different contexts.
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.