Weird behaviour of tab characters in a string in R (vs Python)
Things like hard-tabs are usually going to vary by text-editor / GUI. Python is pretty peculiar in its use of tabs, so I wouldn't expect R to replicate. My Matlab license is buggy right now, but I think you'd see similar behavior there, while interactive Ruby gives an autocomplete. I think that hits the big interactive languages that I use. I guess my point is I think Python is the odd man out as a result of its special tab/indentation structure, though I'd welcome correction/elaboration because its not something I've looked at before. Are the tabs important? Perhaps we can help with a work around Michael
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Johnny Paulo <johnny.jp.22 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, I wanted to parse some information from a text, where fields are tab separated. When I copy the text into an R session (under emacs) like: mystring <- "field1 ? field2 ? field3" the tab character is replaced by a single space! For ex, if I type mystring, I get: "field1 field2 field3" The tabs have disappeared!!! I checked with Python that the text I copied was tab separated indeed so I did the same, in a Python session: mystring = "field1 ? field2 ? field3" and when I type mystring, I get the expected: "field1\tfield2\tfield3" I am quite new to R, and there is something I am missing here. Any light will be highly appreciated. Regards Johnny ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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