Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401222150200.20473-100000@gannet.stats>
Date: 2004-01-22T21:52:14Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: scan() Bug?
In-Reply-To: <000801c3e122$15c956c0$0400a8c0@ghandi>
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Greg Riddick wrote:
> I'm reading a file into a list by:
> PDF = scan("file",what="character",sep="\10")
>
> "\10" is the newline character in this file, also tried "\n" originally
>
> On lines that are ended by "\13\10", both are dropped from the list entry
> I want scan to keep the "\13" in the list entry.
>
> Is this a bug or just a strange feature?
Not a strange feature, but the documented behaviour (and useful, too).
You have opened the file in text mode. If you want to keep CRs, open and
read in binary mode.
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