> nchar("") > > [1] 0
On Friday 18 November 2011 16:09:38 Jaensch, Steffen [TIBBE] wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Can somebody explain why length("") returns 1 and not 0? How do I test > if a given string is the empty string? > > > > Thanks, > > Steffen. > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, > minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.