Dear Sirs,
while
> regexpr('(.{1,2})\\1', 'foo')
[1] 2
attr(,"match.length")
[1] 2
attr(,"useBytes")
[1] TRUE
yields the correct match, an incremented upper bound in
> regexpr('(.{1,3})\\1', 'foo')
[1] -1
attr(,"match.length")
[1] -1
attr(,"useBytes")
[1] TRUE
incorrectly yields no match.
R versions tested:
2.11.1 on i486-pc-linux-gnu
2.15.1 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
3.2.1 on i386-w64-mingw32
3.2.1 on x86_64-w64-mingw32
3.3.3 on x86_64-w64-mingw32
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Best regards,
Dietmar Schindler
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