Hello all,
I am stuck with R v2.8.0 under Linux for the time being and I am
running into a small problem that doesn't exist under 2.9.x and 2.10.x
with sprintf.
If I have the following code segment to help me determine the column
number for a specific column header/label:
nn = names(Dataset)
s = "Group"
c = which(nn==s)
cat(sprintf('found %s in col %d\n', s, c))
If the string s is found as a column header, sprintf works fine.
However if the string isn't found, c contains "integer(0)" which then
causes a program abort with the following message under 2.8.0
"Error in sprintf("found %s in col %d\n", s, c) : zero-length argument"
Is there an easy work around? I tried using %s (in place of %d) hoping
it would just print "integer(0)" - which is better than a crash - but
that didn't work.
I am developing and testing my code under 2.9 and 2.10 but then
transferring it to a faster system that unfortunately still uses 2.8.0
.. I'd rather not have to keep modifying the source each time I upload it.
I'm hoping someone has an easy fix.
Thanks
Esmail
PS: in v 2.10.1 no output at all is generated when the string isn't found
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